Teachers need to be trained and encouraged to apply participatory approaches in classroom instruction to enable maximum pupil participation in lessons.
Whether in formal or non-formal educational settings, the processes that support quality education include well-trained teachers; supportive, child-friendly and gender-sensitive classrooms; participatory and active learning strategies; and monitoring and evaluation of programmes.
While we continue to heavily support teacher training in technical or subject areas, increasing attention is given to developing new, innovative, stimulating and participatory approaches in the classroom.
In addition to our broad-based rationale and topic selection, the following issues were discussed contextually: constructive classroom dialogue, participatory lecturing, making teaching more dynamic while emphasizing productivity, effective evaluation, humor in the classroom, and the use of demonstrations as effective tools for student engagement.
Supporting teachers and students In response, UNICEF and partners have been working with the Ministry of Education on the Teacher Education Project – an initiative providing technical education for teachers as well as training in child-participatory approaches in the classroom.
This includes classroom instruction and participatory clinical rotations in medical and surgical specialties – family medicine; internal medicine; obstetrics and gynaecology; paediatrics; general surgery; emergency medicine, psychiatry and elective sub-specialties.
ICT offers incredible tools for engaging students in the classroom, making teaching more participatory.
Whether nontraditional methods of instruction such as flipped classrooms, collaborative learning, or participatory learning exhibit different relationships with media multitasking is largely unexplored to date.
The weekly participatory workshops took place in a clinic classroom, auditorium or office.
This research examines the use of participatory structures with children in a fourth grade classroom as they engage in an inquiry-based science unit.
