Active Learning Resource List -- Pharmacy Education Resource Network

ACTIVE LEARNING
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"Tell me, and I'll listen.
Show me, and I'll understand.
Involve me, and I'll learn.
---Teton Lakota Indian, as quoted by Peter J. Frederick in
"Student Involvement: Active Learning in Large Classes"

A Short List of Books and Articles regarding Active Learning:
[Have a reference to add that might be helpful to your colleagues? Let us know below.]

Active Learning: 101 Strategies to Teach Any Subject, by Mel Silberman of Temple University. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1996. (189 pp., softcover)
Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom, by David W. Johnson, Roger T. Johnson, and Karl A. Smith. Edina, MN: Interaction Book Company, 1991. (softcover). Includes an extensive bibliography.
Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom, by Charles C. Bonwell and James A. Eison. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 1. Washington, D.C.: The George Washington University, School of Education and Human Development, 1991. (104 pp., softcover)
Developing Thinking Abilities within Pharmacy Education: A Sourcebook, by Thomas D. Zlatic. St. Louis: St. Louis College of Pharmacy, 1995. (203 pp., softcover)
Promoting Active Learning: Strategies for the College Classroom, by Chet Meyers and Thomas B. Jones. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc. 1993 (192 pp., hardcover)
Teaching Large Classes Well, edited by Maryellen Gleason Weimer. New Directions for Teaching and Learning No. 32. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc. 1987 (108 pp., softcover)

A Hyperlist of Web sites with more extended Active Learning bibliographies:

The Active Learning Site -- from Dr. Charles Bonwell
Teaching and Learning Strategies-- from Bemidji State Center for Professional Development
Books & Articles for Training Professionals -- from The Learning Exchange
Resources for Active Learning in the Microbiology Classroom -- Provided by the American Society for Microbiology, includes examples of active learning in a science classroom, and a short list of selected readings.

AACP Council of Faculties Curricular Resources List -- Active Learning Methods (compiled 1997)
An Annotated Bibliography of Cooperative/Collaborative Learning - from Lawrence W. Sherman, Center for Human Development, Learning and Teaching, Miami University
Resources for Cooperative Learning -- from the Ohio Association for Cooperation in Education. The same organization sponsors an on-line discussion group.

If you would like to submit the titles of references which you have found most helpful to you regarding active learning, please complete and submit the form below.

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