- ASIA EDUCATION REVIEW - NOVEMBER 202388ACTIVE LEARNING ENABLING LEARNERS TO BE MORE CREATIVE AND COMPETENTThe students engaged in higher education are now expected to be creative, proficient and problem solvers in their field of expertise. However, for this to take place, the teaching-learning process in higher education is required to be implemented properly using the right methodology in relation to the subject. Looking towards the global trends, education practices are now moving towards new active learning methods; thereby helping the institutes to make the learners more creative and competent. Today, the active learning models have evolved as an innovative model that ensures high-quality, collaborative, engaging, and motivating education. It also engages the learners in the process of learning through activities and/or discussion in class, and it increases learners' higher order thinking as compared to passively listening to a lecturer.In the days to come, active learning methods will positively influence the overall educational environment, creating massive change about how education is perceived, approached and conveyed. In this article, let's look into the most significant advantages that active learning brings with it.Contextualized LearningInstead of only learning abstract knowledge, contextualized learning entails learning in real-world contexts. An illustration of this is the difference between learning division by rote and learning division by physically grouping items. As it entails learning by engaging with problems through situations and projects rather than learning from books or by repetition, active learning tends to be contextualized.Students can better comprehend what they are studying and how it relates to their daily lives with the aid of a contextualized learning scenario. The ability to recall knowledge by considering the context in which it first appeared can be improved by teaching students in context.In fact, contextualized learning helps to increase the retention rate. According to Dale's Cone of Experience, students remember about 10 percent of what they read, 20 percent of what they hear, but 90 percent of what they do. Students are often applying their ideas, working on collaborative projects or using approaches like design thinking or the agile process to solidify their learning.Boosting Creativity and Free ThinkingCreativity involves the use of our own original thinking and imagination to come to answers. It assists us in actually developing new information and opening up new possibilities. When students learn by 'doing', they are encouraged to come up with their own solutions and take chances rather than merely accepting the supplied solutions as 'taken for granted'.Today, one of the essential abilities for the workplace of the future is creativity, which is also one of the trickiest to impart through conventional teaching approaches. Students that engage in active learning realize that creativity is a process that takes time, effort, and hard work to develop. Pupils who have had a lot of practice using their creative muscles also understand how both personal contemplation and group discussion may result in better ideas and more original solutions to issues.FOCAL POINT BY ASIA EDUCATION REVIEW TEAM
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