102: From Passive to Active

From Passive Lectures to Active Discussions. From Reluctant Learners to Lively Classroom  Participants.

Want to increase student engagement in classroom learning? Tired of boring, one-directional lectures? Research overwhelmingly indicates that students learn best from active, mediated learning experiences. Many students, however, lack the confidence, skill, and esteem to actively engage in learning. In this webinar, Mockingbird will introduce a teaching model to mediate lively and interactive classroom discussions among even the most timid and vulnerable learners. Learn a model that combines positive psychology and social psychology tools with fundamental teaching strategies to help our most reluctant students engage more actively and comfortably with learning. Learn how to combine a simple questioning tool with a three-step discussion strategy to turn passive and reluctant students into active and vocal class participants. 

Strategies presented in webinar are research-based strategies from the Mockingbird Methodology. Our Methodology targets the art and science of teaching vulnerable learners and teaches an instructional framework for creating active, visible, psychologically safe, and socially non-threatening classrooms.