ACTIVE LEARNING FROM THE INSIDE

Suggests that active learning means participating in events which are facilitated rather than taught, and in which participants are given power. Points out that such training involves people′s behaviour, as distinct from simply their capacity to remember, and that instruction and testing should, therefore, concentrate on behaviour. Provides different examples of active learning, including drama, role play simulation, exercises, games and “ambivalents”. Concludes that many companies could improve their recruitment and training if they made use of active learning and appraisal. Active learning may seem, superficially, to be more expensive than passive learning and assessment, but inappropriate training and recruitment can prove to be very costly.