Active Classroom Strategies

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Description

The Active Classroom Strategies presented by the Junior Cycle for Teachers service in Ireland are a collection of student-centred active teaching methodologies. The presented strategies are designed to support the development of key skills and competencies in students, such as ‘Managing Information & Thinking’ and ‘Working with Others’. 

Each strategy is accompanied by a video introduction with a teacher implementing the strategy in the classroom and PDF teacher guideline instructions. 

The Jigsaw Active Classroom Strategy is an example of a cooperative learning activity. Students form a home team and are set a home team problem. They break up into ‘expert groups’ and gain expert knowledge that feeds into the overall problem. Just as in a jigsaw puzzle, each student’s part is essential for completing and fully understanding the home team problem.

More information on the Jigsaw method and other student-centred active learning methods can be found of the Active Classroom Strategies Homepage.

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How to use this resource

The Active Classroom Strategies are a set of resources for teachers that promote student-centred active learning methodologies that can be applied to Sustainable Citizenship concepts and topics.

The teacher can adapt the Active Classroom Strategies to their subjects and topics to implement them in their classroom.

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The resources

Jigsaw Strategy:

More information on the Jigsaw method and other active student-centred learning can be found using the links below:

• Jigsaw Introduction Video
• Jigsaw Teacher Guidelines
• Active Classroom Methodologies Homepage

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Learning Outcomes

• Apply a range of suitable tools and frameworks to promote student Sustainability Citizenship
• Collaboratively synthesise the knowledge, tools and frameworks to create educational materials and lessons plans adapted to their own local context

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Green Competencies

• Embracing Complexity in Sustainability: Critical Thinking; Problem Framing
• Envisioning Sustainable Futures: Exploratory Thinking
• Acting for Sustainability: Collective Action; Individual Initiative

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Creative Commons

The Active Classroom Strategies resources have been developed by Junior Cycle for Teachers and are shared on the Synapses Portal under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial  4.0 International License.

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