Active Learning And At-risk Elementary Students

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...Without Proper Attribution to as a Source P. McCabe By Dr. P. McCabe February 1999 Introduction For decades, teachers subscribed to the theory that knowledge was something that was transmitted to students, thus they treated students as passive learners. Pedagogical techniques used supported the notion that knowledge and skills were transferred from the expert teacher to the naive student. Dewey and Piaget believed differently; they believed that children actively constructed their own knowledge of the world and teachers began trying to use different strategies off and on from the 1950s (Heuwinkel, 1996). Still, the majority of classroom followed the old precepts until the mid-1960s, at which time alternative instructional patterns began to emerge in greater numbers. Teachers began trying to create environments that supported meaningful, hands-on learning processes. This trend has picked up speed since the mid- to late-1980s when teachers began looking at using developmentally appropriate techniques (Bredekamp and Coppie, 1997). Teachers wanted their students to develop solid skills that could be used in a number of diverse ways. In other words, the goal of education...

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