A Study of Active Leaning

Abstract

　In university, lectures who have specialized knowledge, have been given their students some of their knowledge. However, students cannot understand their splendid knowledge, or are not going to understand. Lecturers and their students should develop an understanding, stimulate each other, be intellectual and mature. Therefore they should change to active leaning where students identify an issue by themselves and develop a solution.

　This paper is intended as an investigation into the effectiveness of active learning. The model class was chosen the environmental management program.

　First, I taught students about environmental problems around us. Secondly, I taught them how to make an environmental management program and an evaluation system. Thirdly, I let students decide on a target organization an environmental management program. Finally, I ask to them produce such a program and an evaluation system to solve the present problems.

　The original nature of their programs and evaluation systems lead me to the conclusion that this method of leaning was effective. It was easy to distinguish good from poor quality work, for example, in the length and depth of submissions.