Review article

Active learning in a multimodal environment

Senka Gazibara orcid.org/0000-0002-6715-6507 ; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Osjiek, Osijek, Croatia

Abstract

Developing a society based on knowledge requires an adjustment of
educational systems, which entails changes in the learning process, as well as new roles of students and teachers. This refers to development of schools that place the highest value on active learning and children’s holistic development, which implies new approaches to learning and teaching, including a multimodal environment for learning. A multimodal learning environment entails different paths of gaining knowledge – through a combination of words, images, sounds, gestures, movements, different senses, and is oriented towards a comprehensive approach to active learning. A teaching process that embraces active learning in a multimodal environment emphasizes the changed role of teachers, who guide students towards self-regulated learning. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to examine the representation of multimodal learning environments as incentives for active learning from the teachers’ perspective. The participants of the conducted research were teachers working in elementary schools in the city of Osijek. Results from this research indicate that there is a tendency of changing the teaching process towards active learning and multimodality and that there is a need for teachers’ further professional development in this area.

Keywords

activity; multimodality; teachers; contemporary school

Hrčak ID:

160224

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/160224

Publication date:

11.5.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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