Open Press at University of Sussex (Publisher)

Stevens, P. (Author)

Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review

Description

Chapter in 100 Ideas for Active Learning, "a practical handbook which intends to inspire innovative teaching and provide support for readers seeking to apply active learning tools and strategies in a variety of teaching and learning contexts."

Period	Jul 2022
Type of publisher	Publisher
Degree of Recognition	National

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I’m (not) an academic … get me out of here! is a reading workshop in development at Solent University Southampton. It is run primarily with second-year media production undergraduates (mostly 19- to 20-year-olds). The workshop promotes high-quality academic reading through active learning. The problem is that students are not reading — research tells us 27 per cent of expectations is a high estimate — and they are afraid to engage with some of the reading university-level study requires. So, this workshop offers an active learning approach to getting students reading high-quality academic sources, understanding their structure, and helping them with comprehension, interpretation, paraphrasing, synthesis, but above all boosting their confidence.