As part of its academic and community mission to develop educational practices and strengthen partnerships with national educational institutions, Ms. Maryam Al-Radwan from the Department of Teacher Preparation and Field Training at the School of Educational Sciences, University of Jordan, delivered a specialized training workshop entitled “Active Learning Strategies.” The workshop targeted teachers of kindergarten and the first three primary grades at Laureate Educational Academy.
Ms. Al-Radwan presented an integrated educational approach that combined theoretical foundations with practical applications of active learning. She addressed the key concepts related to its philosophy and highlighted the importance of implementing active learning in the classroom as an effective approach to improving learning outcomes and enhancing the learner’s role as an active participant in the educational process.
She emphasized the impact of active learning strategies on developing students’ abilities in several educational dimensions, including critical thinking and problem-solving, promoting positive participation and responsibility for learning, enhancing communication, dialogue, and teamwork skills, developing analysis, inference, and decision-making skills, fostering creativity and innovation, building self-confidence, and increasing motivation toward learning.
The workshop also included practical applications and interactive classroom models supported by digital educational tools, highlighting the teacher’s role in designing active and stimulating learning environments and selecting strategies appropriate to the characteristics of the age group. This approach contributes to motivating students to actively engage and participate in learning.
The workshop witnessed positive interaction from participants through practical activities and in-depth educational discussions on ways to transfer active learning strategies into daily classroom practice and adapt them to meet learners’ needs and enhance the effectiveness of learning in early childhood stages.
This workshop is part of a series of high-quality training activities implemented by the School of Educational Sciences, within its ongoing efforts to enhance the professional competencies of teachers in the educational field and to strengthen the integration between theory and practice in line with the requirements of modern learning.
The training also falls within the School’s efforts to support and expand partnerships with private schools, which represent an attractive educational environment and an important field for practical training for students of the School of Educational Sciences. This contributes to aligning academic programs with labor market requirements and graduating qualified educational professionals capable of competing effectively.