Active Engagement

About. A study guide offering practical strategies that can be used to engage pupils in learning. This 28 page DfES document (2004) draws on research that shows how pupils improve when 'actively engaged' in their learning. The guide helps define the difference between being busy on the surface and being actively engaged. It considers numerous teaching techniques, ranging from activities on text to drama. Collectively they aim to build one's repertoire of approaches to teaching.

Pedagogical content. This resource is a longer DfES document on active engagement/active learning^(ta) from which some other shorter, more focused, resources are drawn including Using Drama Activities and Using Thinking Skills.

Resource details
Title	Active Engagement
Topic	[[Topics/Group work|Group work]]
Teaching approach	[[Teaching Approaches/Active learning|Active learning]]
Learning Objectives	To build your teaching repertoire of strategies to create active engagement in the classroom.
Format / structure	Document .doc
Subject	[[Resources/Teacher Education|Teacher Education]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]],  [[Resources/Higher|Higher]]
Related ORBIT Wiki Resources	See other DfE(i) resources some of which have been drawn from this major resource.
Files and resources to view and download	File:Active Engagement.doc

• This resource is part of the DfES resource "Pedagogy and practice: Teaching and learning in secondary schools" (ref: 0423-2004G) which can be downloaded from the National Archives http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110809101133/nsonline.org.uk/node/97131 The whole resource (512 pages) can be downloaded as a pdf File:Pedagogy and Practice DfES.pdf
• The resource booklets, and many 'harvested' documents are available to download, generally in editable formats from the ORBIT resources http://orbit.educ.cam.ac.uk/wiki/Category:DfE
• The videos from the accompanying DVDs are available http://orbit.educ.cam.ac.uk/wiki/DfES_DVD