Interactive teaching strategies

Keywords
: Interactive, teaching, strategies 
Introduction 
The interactive teaching and learning strategies 
described in this section are used to engage students in the 
resilience and wellbeing, drug education and road safety 
content included in each focus areas of this resource. 
Strategies are indicated in bold text in the learning activities. 
Teachers should refer to this section of the resource for an 
explanation of the purpose and how to implement the 
strategy with their students. 
The strategies aim to promote critical and reflective 
thinking, research and evaluation skills that will help 
students to take positive action to protect, enhance and 
advocate for their own and other’s health, wellbeing and 
safety. Students use personal and social capability to work 
collaboratively with others in learning activities, to 
appreciate their own strengths and abilities and those of their 
peers and develop a range of interpersonal skills such as 
communication, negotiation, team work, leadership and an 
appreciation of diverse perspectives. 
Interactive teaching
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Involves facilitator and learners
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Encourage and expect learners to participate 
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Use questions to stimulate discussion, emphasizing the 
value of answers 
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Give participants hands-on experience 
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Engages the pupils in their learning 
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It is organized to meet objectives 
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Builds on existing skills 
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Provides for a range of learning styles 
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Cultivates transferable, independent learning. 
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Use teaching aids to gain and retain attention 
Objectives 
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To identify the different learning styles 
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To explore how interactive teaching strategies support 
all learners 
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To share practical ideas for whole class teaching.