STUDY ON LEARNING METHOD BY USE OF PANELS (1) : Learning by Panel Preparation

Abstract

To arouse the activities by the students on their own volition, it is necessary to provide them with a concrete aim. The author tries to create a method whereby the students can grasp the contents of the assignment and acquire the knowledge and capability, through the entire course of accumulation of their own creative activities. Here, we have given the students as their fail and concrete aim the subject of "Panel Preparation". We have allowed the student to take a free choice of the theme, and had each group put up their learning plan through panel preparation, which in turn will facilitate them to visualize the contents of the assignment and the method. Through the processes of practical works (such as the display of panels, demonstration and explanation by the students, an assessment by the audience), we intend to fulfill the following requirements: 1) To induce activities aroused by the students their own volition. 2) To let them master the method and processes tootain the required knowledge. 3) To provide the students with the ability to coolidate their knowledge, method and processes they have learned into a systematic formulation. 5) As a result of learning, acquisition of knowledge and its full understanding. The Authors have some practical experiences it teaching classes with the above aims and viewpoints.