Interactive Teaching Methods

Pre-requisites: /

Course objectives: Understanding the basic ideas and theoretical postulates that interactive teaching is based on and training for planing and realization of interactive teaching.

Course description: Theoretical course: Theoretical foundations of interactive teaching - WHY interactive teaching? (Functions of education today; The nature, principles and learning styles). WHAT is interactive teaching? (Components of interactive teaching: planning, realization, monitoring and support; Types of activities: warm up, lead in, building, finishing activities). HOW to do interactive teaching (Interactive teaching strategies, methods and techniques; Cooperative learning - concepts, goals, principles and effects). Teacher’s roles in interactive teaching: planner, facilitator, mediator... Advantages and limitations of interactive teaching. Difficulties in planning and realization of interactive teaching. Practical course: Experiental learning through participation in interactive teaching and reflection on own experience; Planning of activities using the interactive teaching methods; Realization of one lesson or short training on different contents with different target groups and participating in reflection on and evaluation of realized activities.

Learning Outcomes: Student: understands the theoretical foundation for interactive teaching; is able to plan and use the interactive teaching methods, to organize group work and facilitate group interaction; is able to work in a team; is ready to take the responsibility for the teaching and learning processes.

Literature/Reading:

• Brofi,Dž., Nastava, Pedagoško društvo Srbije, 2004 (odabrana poglavlja)
• Jensen,E., Super-nastava, Educa, Zagreb, 2003 (odabrana poglavlja)
• Kyriacou, Temeljna nastavna umijeća, Educa, Zagreb, 2001 (odabrana poglavlja)
• Roeders, P., Interaktivna nastava, IPA, Beograd, 2003 (odabrana poglavlja)
• Pavlović-Breneselović, D., Pavlovski,T., Interaktivna obuka, IPA, Beograd, 2000
• Pavlović Breneselović, D. i Stokić, L. Priručni materijal za interaktivnu nastavu