Lecture-style instruction or teacher-centred instruction commonly refers to
lesson
A lesson or class is a structured period of time where learning is intended to occur. It involves one or more students (also called pupils or learners in some circumstances) being taught by a teacher or instructor. A lesson may be either one ...
s where the teaching activities take place from the front of the classroom. Alternate forms of teaching – referred to as ''student-centred instruction'', ''participatory learning'', or ''hands-on learning'' – are group work, solitary work or
open learning
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Active learning
Active learning is "a method of learning in which students are actively or experientially involved in the learning process and where there are different levels of active learning, depending on student involvement." states that "students partici ...
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Cooperative learning
Cooperative learning is an educational approach which aims to organize classroom activities into academic and social learning experiences. There is much more to cooperative learning than merely arranging students into groups, and it has been desc ...
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Direct instruction
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Experiential learning
Experiential learning (ExL) is the process of learning through experience, and is more narrowly defined as "learning through reflection on doing". Hands-on learning can be a form of experiential learning, but does not necessarily involve students ...
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Social learning (social pedagogy)
Learning methods
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