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Patricia Muhuro; Simon Murote Kang’ethe – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2025
The flipped classroom is an emergent digital pedagogy credited with virtuous and student-centric characteristics of increased learning. The purpose of this study was to discuss the implementation of the Flipped Classroom Blended Learning Model among lecturers in African Universities. The study employed a qualitative literature review, after…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Blended Learning, Models, Universities
Chan Chang-Tik – Educational Research, 2023
Background: Enabling teaching approaches that promote active learning can require a certain amount of organisational reorientation. For example, structural and cultural shifts may be needed to accommodate moves towards student-centred learning. In higher education environments, lecturers can play a significant role in supporting students'…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Lecture Method, Active Learning, Higher Education
Børte, Kristin; Nesje, Katrine; Lillejord, Sølvi – Teaching in Higher Education, 2023
This article reviews research that consistently, across borders and over time, reveals inertia in Higher Education institutions related to innovation in academic teaching. Despite frequent calls for more student-active learning, studies find that teaching remains predominantly traditional and teacher-centred. While research is recognised as…
Descriptors: Barriers, Active Learning, College Students, Literature Reviews
Chase Young; Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin; George Kevin Randall – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2025
The purpose of this study was to develop a valid, reliable, and brief measure of active learning in college classrooms that is cheap and easy to complete and yields results that faculty can easily use to inform their development as instructors. Initial construct and face validity was achieved by modifying existing instruments and creating a draft…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Active Learning, Classroom Observation Techniques
Aiman Khamitova – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The study examines how a training workshop on teaching in a recently introduced active learning classroom at Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan) helps faculty participants integrate active learning and shift their teaching to an active learning classroom. A case study approach was employed, with data collected through surveys, interviews, and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Andrew Gilbert; Jennifer Suh; Fahima Choudhry – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2025
This paper details an integrated inquiry-based mathematics and science method course for preservice teachers designed around STEM problem-based learning. It documents how problem-based learning (PBL) activities supported PSTs' envisioning of equitable approaches for diverse children. The overarching research question was: "How did preservice…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Preservice Teachers, Equal Education, Methods Courses
Merve Basdogan; Tracey Birdwell – Learning Environments Research, 2024
A growing diversity of classroom designs, broadly labeled as active learning classrooms, is a rising development across higher education institutions. Along with the construction of these new spaces, stakeholders have developed new vocabularies and concepts for articulating and identifying the impact of new classroom designs for teaching and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Reflective Teaching, Classroom Design, Colleges
Elizabeth S. Park; Di Xu – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Growing literature documents the promise of active learning instruction in engaging students in college classrooms. Accordingly, faculty professional development (PD) programs on active learning have become increasingly popular in postsecondary institutions; yet, quantitative evidence on the effectiveness of these programs is limited. Using…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learner Engagement, College Faculty, Faculty Development
Moghtader, Bruce; Strubbe, Linda E.; Stang, Jared B.; Clarke, Anthony – International Journal for Academic Development, 2022
The purpose of this case study was to investigate the perception and experience of ten new faculty member participants in paired teaching. Along with providing evidence for paired teaching as an avenue for professional development in higher education, the study provides experiential narratives of paired teaching relationships as an illustration of…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, College Instruction, Science Instruction, College Faculty
Fathi Shamma; Amir Khniefss; Tom Pessah; Lialy Badarny – International Education Studies, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major influence on educational institutions all across the globe, including programs that prepare teachers. Teachers in teacher preparatory programs have looked at alternative instructional methodologies including project-based learning (PBL) in response to the difficulties presented by remote learning and the lack…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Databases, COVID-19
Whidden, Colleen; Main, Carolyn – Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching, 2022
We, as two instructors in Business and Education, sought to explore the research question: is student learning impacted when instructors engage in peer-to-peer mentoring focused on improving understanding of experiential education and active learning in the post-secondary classroom? Within a sociological intrinsic case study framework, we began by…
Descriptors: Mentors, Attitude Change, Experiential Learning, Active Learning
Burke, Paul F.; Palmer, Tracey-Ann; Pressick-Kilborn, Kimberley – Research in Science Education, 2022
This study examined the preferences for professional development (PD) in primary (elementary) science among pre-service teachers (PSTs) and in-service teachers (ISTs). The contribution of the study is its focus on quantifying the relative importance of factors that were significant for teachers by using best-worst scaling methodology. Rather than…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teachers, Elementary School Science, Faculty Development
Qi, Chunxia; Lai, Mun Yee; Liu, Lizhe; Zuo, Siyu; Liang, Haili; Li, Ruisi – International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies, 2023
Purpose: This study explored how teachers change, what teachers learn and how they learn during the implementation of project-based learning through lesson study. Design/methodology/approach: In this study, three university researchers, one doctoral student and six mathematics school teachers formed a lesson study team. Using a qualitative…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, College Faculty, Faculty Development
Jen Carroll – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Neuroimaging research has transformed understanding of how the brain responds to instructional methods, with active instruction demonstrating exceptional learner benefits. This is valuable information for educators across learning formats in higher education, including in-person, hybrid, and online classrooms. Calibrating pedagogical practices to…
Descriptors: Correlation, Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods, Online Courses
Nelson, David; Bonem, Emily; FitzSimmons, Jason – Journal of Learning Spaces, 2023
This study analyzes instructor attitudes toward 26 collaborative spaces at a large, R1 university in the United States. The authors conducted 151 interviews with instructors, identifying elements of classroom spaces that helped or hindered teaching and student learning. Approximately 44% of the instructors (n=67) had participated in a professional…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Teaching Methods, Active Learning