No more boring classes where students are dozing off and lying down!
Until the last minute, not a single person is missed
100 Active Teaching Strategies

Any teacher dreams of creating meaningful and enjoyable classes where learning occurs for all students.
But what is the reality? Unfortunately, there are many students who doze off, chatter, do other things, or stare blankly at the blackboard.
What exactly is the problem?

This book offers concrete, practical solutions to energize and engage your classes right now.
This method involves breaking down a class into short mini-lectures and interspersing them with activities that increase students' concentration and interest.
100 fun activities that increase students' concentration, check their understanding, and develop their critical thinking and creativity will make boring lecture-style classes more active just by following along.
If you are a teacher who wants to create a class where everyone is happy, you will find simple but certain answers in this book.

The reason why classes are conducted passively is surprisingly simple.
It is precisely because of the problem of “how the class is assembled.”
The problem can be solved by appropriately combining the teaching elements of “lecture” and “activity” in a way that awakens the brains and bodies of students who are prone.
But because they don't know how to assemble this, the class is filled with machines without the teacher knowing.
The teacher is a talking machine and the students are listening machines.
If you think about classes only from the teacher's perspective and not from the students' perspective, you will end up focusing only on "transferring" knowledge.
So the teacher becomes a “talking machine” that just keeps lecturing.


Ironically, the moment the teacher is constantly talking, the students run away from learning as best they can.
I'm so bored that I don't even know what to do, let alone learn.
But you have to sit still and mechanically look at the teacher.
Precious time passes, but unfortunately, no learning occurs.
A teacher's words that do not lead to learning become noise to the students.
---「Intro.
Transforming Classes with Active Learning: 1.
From “Why Teachers’ Classes Fail”

In classes where students do not have the opportunity to “actively and independently apply” the knowledge imparted by the teacher, it is natural for students to fall asleep.
Since this is a time when “learning” does not occur, there is no reason to focus on the teacher’s explanation.
So, if you want to bring your students to life in class, you must give them opportunities to actively use their minds, to move around, to actively connect with other learners, to create meaning and understand things for themselves, and to apply new knowledge on their own.
Only then can we say that the teacher “taught” the students and that “learning occurred”, that is, that the class was properly “constructed.”


Here's the secret to an active learning class that doesn't miss a single student.
It's about making classes active so students can continue to do something with the material they're learning.
We utilize all possible classroom activities in our lessons, including listening, speaking, reading, writing, questioning, answering, discussing, walking, running, throwing, memorizing, thinking, cooperating, competing, evaluating, criticizing, individual work, pair work, group work, and whole-class work.
So, the goal is to make students' brains, minds, and bodies actively participate in class, so that learning happens naturally.
In active classes, students never fall asleep.
I can't sleep.
Because something is going on, students have no other choice but to participate in class.
---「Intro.
Transforming Classes with Active Learning: 1.
From “Why Teachers’ Classes Fail”

So, what do students gain from "activity" in class? It's that they become naturally and actively involved in the learning process.
Students can monitor their own understanding of the knowledge conveyed in lectures while engaging in activities.
You can also expand your knowledge by adding your own thoughts and experiences.
And most importantly, you get the chance to make mistakes.
You will have the opportunity to realize your own shortcomings and to make up for them.
That is, through activities, you can give yourself feedback on your learning process.
This helps students take ownership of their own learning process, which in turn fosters self-efficacy and a sense of responsibility for their learning.
It's not just about adding depth to knowledge and understanding, but also improving learning skills and attitudes.
---「Intro.
Transforming Classes with Active Learning: 2.
From "What is Active Learning?"

The moment the class status board appears, the class becomes a board game for the students.
At the end of each activity, students' activities are immediately evaluated and true or false cards are posted on the class bulletin board.
Whenever a team does well, it accumulates O cards, and vice versa, the team loses O cards or even accumulates X cards.
Students can visually see how their responses, consideration, communication, and collaboration directly impact the team through the status board.
By showing the team's scores as they change from moment to moment, students will feel as if they are playing a board game throughout the class.
Teams that are leading are trying to maintain their position, while teams that are not are constantly stimulated to move forward.

---「Intro.
Transforming Classes with Active Learning: 5.
From "8 Active Learning Class Strategies"

The winning team strategy and the small success experience strategy are big factors that move students.
However, you may be concerned that classes may become too reliant on extrinsic motivations or rewards like “winning,” leading to overly heated competition among students.
Therefore, it is necessary to make it clear to students at the beginning of the school year that being a winning team is not the goal of teamwork.
Not only will learning efficiency improve, but by fully explaining the important social skills students gain from teamwork, such as collaboration, communication, and problem-solving, students will be able to enjoy learning even if they don't win.

---「Intro.
Transforming Classes with Active Learning: 5.
From "8 Active Learning Class Strategies"