Innovative and

Active Teaching
Strategies
Prepared by:
Maribel M. Molina
“Teaching is not only
transferring knowledge from
the source of information to
the students, but also
considering about the
learning strategies and
learners’ learning style. ”
Definitions
Generation Years Born Age

GI Generation 1900-1924 85-109

Silent generation 1925-1945 64-84
Baby Boomers 1946-1964 45-63
Generation X 1965-1979 30-44
Millennials or Generation Y
1980-2000 9-29
 Generation Y
• Largest generation since baby
boomers
• Many from divorced, single parent
homes but parents are extremely
hands-on (“decade of the child”)
• Overindulged, overprotected, self-
absorbed
• Technologically savvy
Generation Y
• Self-confident, entitled
• Ambitious with high expectations
• Want to know process, rules, how to get
ahead
• Expect to start at the top
• Want constant and immediate feedback
• Move quickly from one thing to another
• Not as independent as Gen X (parental
back-up)
How Faculty Spend In-Class Time

Other; 19.10%

Lecturing;
58.63%

What do students retain?

Innovative
Strategies to
Reinvent
Teaching Methods
1. Creative Teaching
 1. Creative Teaching

• Take the help of tools to stimulate

creativity. 
• Include playful games or forms of
visual exercises that will excite
young minds and capture their
interest.
• This is a time-tested method to
identify every young student’s
creative abilities and encourage
creative contributions.
2. Audio & Video Tools
 2. Audio & Video Tools

• Incorporate audio-visual materials

to supplement textbooks during your
sessions. These can be models, filmstrips,
movies, pictures, infographics or other
mind mapping and brain mapping tools.
• Such tools will help their imagination
thrive and grow.
• These methods will not only develop their
ability to listen but will also help them
understand the concepts better.
3. “Graphic Organizers
 3. “Graphic Organizers

• Simple and effective tool to help students

brainstorm and organize their thoughts
and ideas in a visual presentation.
• Can be used for any lesson; to structure
writing, brainstorming, planning, problem
solving, or decision-making.
• The most popular organizers are the Venn
diagram, concept map, KWL chart, and T
Chart.
4. Brainstorm
 4. Brainstorm
• When you have multiple brains
focusing on one single idea, you are
sure to get numerous ideas and will
also involve everyone into the
discussion.
• These sessions will be a great
platform for students to voice their
thoughts without having to worry
about right or wrong.
5. Classes Outside the Classroom
 5. Classes Outside the
Classroom
• Some lessons are best learnt, when
they are taught outside the
classroom.
• Take students for a walk outside of
the classroom.
• Students will find this fresh and
exciting. Without taking much effort,
they will learn and remember what
you teach them.
6. Role Play
 6. Role Play
• Children step out of their comfort zone and
develop their interpersonal skills.
• This method comes in handy, especially when
you are teaching literature, history or current
events.
• The role playing approach will help a student
understand how the academic material will be
relevant to his everyday tasks
• Role playing is most effective for students of
almost any age group. You just need to
customize depending on the age group.
7. Storyboard Teaching
 7. Storyboard Teaching
• Rudyard Kipling rightly said, “If history were
taught in the form of stories, it would never be
forgotten.”
• Storyboarding is a great way to teach any
subject which requires  step-by-step
memorization or visualization highly-conceptual
ideas.
• You can also encourage the use of storyboards
as a form of communication and let the
students tell a story in pictures using their
imagination
8. Puzzles and Games
 8. Puzzles and Games
• Learning is fun when puzzles and
games are part of education.
Children may not require taking
conscious effort when their lessons
are introduced through games.
• Puzzles and games help children to
think creatively and face challenges.
9. Mind Map
 9. Mind Map
• Innovative way – Mind Map.
• Developed by Tony Buzan 1960.
• Making notes with keywords and
images.
• visual and sensory tools at our
disposal.
• Recollect information for long
time.
10.Cooperative Learning: The
Jigsaw
10.Cooperative Learning: The Jigsaw

• Cooperative learning gives students the

opportunity to work with others and see
different points of view.
• The jigsaw technique is especially effective
because each student is responsible for
one another’s learning, and students find
out really quick that each group member
has something equally important to
contribute to the group in order to make
the task a successful one.