Methods

How can we prepare young people for the future, what do we need to do as educators and teachers to not only teach effectively, but also to develop students’ professional and transversal competences? What methods can we use to motivate young people to take responsibility for their own knowledge and development?

There are many different ways and methods of developing competences. From a practical point of view, motivational teaching methods (games, group work, exploration, discussion, projects) play an important role in competence development. Game-based and inquiry-based learning, creating a safe learning environment, fostering interaction and collaboration are significant innovations in teaching methods and learning organisation, with a focus on the strengths of students’ personalities and their active participation.

The reform of education and training involves a new type of relationship between the teacher and the learner, new strategies for teaching and knowledge acquisition, more effective methods, forms and tools that also influence effectiveness. The following learner-centred, active learning/teaching methods are recommended to enrich teachers’ methodological toolbox.

Create method

Explanation

"Explanation is a monologue method of teacher communication that helps us understand legal contexts, rules, theories, concepts."

Flipped Classroom (FC) method

The teacher gives out material to students pre-class, to work on it at home, thus reserving more time for group work in classroom.

Formative/Developmental Assessment

We can read about formative assessment as formative, helpful or developmental assessment.

Gamification

Gamification, in education means the use of game-like elements in the lesson.

Innovation Cube

This methodology guides our thinking towards incremental as well as breakthrough ideas, while its application also leads to consideration of future needs.

Inquiry-Based and Research-Based Learning

Learning/teaching method based on student activity, inquiry and research

Ishikawa / Fishbone Diagram

Causal diagram showing potential causes of a specific event/defect.

Ishikawa /Fishbone Diagram

Cause-Effect Diagram

Key Success Factors method

This method focuses on those factors which are the most important for success (Key Success Factors or KSF) and on the basis of which the ideas are evaluated.

Mosaic Method (or Jigsaw technique)

The Mosaic Method is one of the cooperative learning techniques that allows students to process materials in group work, by teaching each other.