NIE and Ed. Ministry to introduce hybrid education system for schools
View(s):The National Institute of Education (NIE) along with the Education Ministry is to introduce a hybrid education system from next month to ensure that educational activities for school children continue.
NIE Director Dr. Sunil Jayantha Nawaratne said the system will be a combination of in-school sessions in physical classrooms, online activities and completing of assignments at home.
The decision was taken considering that educational activities could be disrupted again if the fuel situation did not improve in the next few weeks.
This hybrid system was developed after a detailed study was undertaken, said Dr. Nawaratne.
Studies show that varying study methods and materials would improve retention and recall of information, and enhance the learning experience, a document prepared by the NIE said.
The “Learning Pyramid”, sometimes referred to as the “Cone of Learning”, developed by the National Training Laboratory, suggested that most students only remembered about 10% of what they read, but retained nearly 90% of what they learned through teaching others.
The Learning Pyramid model suggested that some methods of study were more effective than others and varying study methods would lead to deeper learning and longer-term retention.
Lectures: The Learning Pyramid suggests that “lecture” was one of the most ineffective methods for learning and retaining information. Lectures are a passive form of learning where you simply sit back and listen to information being spoon fed to you by your teacher or professor. Attempting to acquire information and gain understanding only through lectures was not the most effective way of learning. However, auditory learners tend to find lectures more stimulating and educational than students with non-auditory learning styles. Lectures were most effective when students arrive to class prepared, actively participated in class discussion, and took good notes.
Reading: While more effective than a lecture, reading was still one of the less effective methods for acquiring and retaining information, according to the Learning Pyramid. However, if you were a visual learner, reading textbooks would likely be a more effective learning method for than for students with non-visual learning styles. Notwithstanding, reading textbooks was a necessary and required method of study in most academic settings. There were several strategies for reading textbooks that could greatly improve your ability to retain and recall what you read in your textbook.
Audio-visual: The Learning Pyramid suggested that audio-visual learning methods only lead to 20% retention of information learned. The audio-visual learning method might incorporate various audio-visual learning/teaching tools including videos, sound, pictures, and graphs. However, as media and computer technology continued to evolve, new forms of audio-visual instruction were leading to more effective learning and retention of material. The effectiveness of audio-visual learning and study methods were enhanced when combined with other, more active forms of study. Demonstration: Demonstration usually involved the teacher or professor providing students a learning task that they could observe. Within the structure of the Learning Pyramid, demonstration was the first of seven study methods that involved active learning. Demonstration tended to offer students less ambiguity than passive study methods and lead to fewer misconceptions and greater understanding. Demonstration could be an effective study method, especially when information was ambiguous or confusing.
Discussion: Discussion, or “group discussion”, is a form of cooperative learning. It was also an active study method that could lead to greater retention of information and material studied, and higher academic achievement. Unlike competitive and individualistic approaches to learning and studying, discussion was a cooperative learning method that relied on students interacting and studying material with other students and instructors. Discussion Groups were intended to stimulate student thinking, and increased participation and engagement. Discussion could occur within a classroom setting or by forming a study group.
Practice (by) doing: Practice by doing, a form of “discover learning”, was one of the most effective methods of learning and study. This method of study encouraged students to take what they learn and put it into practice–whereby promoting deeper understanding and moving information from short-term to long-term memory. Practice by doing made material more personal and thus more meaningful to students. Practice by doing also lead to more in-depth understanding of material, greater retention and better recall.
Teach others: The key to subject mastery was teaching it to others. If you were able to accurately and correctly teach a subject to others, you would have a good mastery of the concepts, and superior retention and recall. According to the Learning Pyramid model, students were able to retain about 90% of what they are able to teach to others. The most common form of teaching others was peer tutoring. However, the best place to teach others was in a study group. One of the main activities that should occur in an effective study group was peer to peer teaching, where each group member took the opportunity to teach the other group members the course material being studied.
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