Action Research
FE5: Designing an interactive whiteboard game to encourage childcare students to participate and contribute in class.
Author: Sandra Hall, Childcare Tutor, Bishop Auckland College, County Durham
Date: 2005
Sandra designed a game for use with the whole class on the interactive whiteboard, mirroring the style of TV quiz games such as Countdown. She perceived that the technique encouraged class participation from typically reticent students, such that they gained knowledge and confidence simultaneously.
Children are not the only learners who learn effectively through play, she notes. "I believe that as adults we are able to consolidate information more clearly when it is gained in an enjoyable, non-threatening learning environment in which students are involved and have a sense of belonging. This contrasts with students' past experiences of being bored and excluded in a 'set to fail' situation."
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