Students are passive learners in traditional teaching model. Shifting from passive teaching methods to active teaching approach, lecturers and students are required to think and solve problems actively. Students will find information through the lectures, while teachers will plan, organize and coordinate activities in the classroom. In this paper, we present and analyze some active teaching methods applied in training system towards CDIO educational framework. | Trường Đại học Vinh Tạp chí khoa học, Tập 47, Số 1B (2018), tr. 71-76 ACTIVE TEACHING METHODS APPLIED IN TRAINING SYSTEM TOWARDS CDIO EDUCATIONAL FRAMEWORK Nguyen Thi Uyen, Tran Xuan Sang Vinh University Received on 05/11/2017, accepted for publication on 20/4/2018 Abstract: Innovation in teaching methods to raise learners’ positiveness, activeness and creativeness is one of the important issues in education. In traditional teaching methods, the authority model is teacher-centered and frequently entails oneway presentations. Students are passive learners in traditional teaching model. Shifting from passive teaching methods to active teaching approach, lecturers and students are required to think and solve problems actively. Students will find information through the lectures, while teachers will plan, organize and coordinate activities in the classroom. In this paper, we present and analyze some active teaching methods applied in training system towards CDIO educational framework. 1. Introduction Active learning is one of the key principles in the CDIO approach (standard 8: Active Learning). Active teaching methods are modern pedagogical methods adopted by many schools. With active teaching methods, students have opportunities to learn in a very active and creative way. Using active teaching methods, students will feel more active and engaging in class time. Teachers also find teaching hours to be lively and effective in providing students with knowledge and career skills. Teaching and learning is the process of exchanging knowledge between teachers and students. It is not just oneway transmitting knowledge from teachers to students. “To master our future, we need to be confident and believe in our values. That's what schools should teach people” (Charles Handy). In order to help learners feel confidence in their own values, they need to approach knowledge in the most active and creative way. Only when learners actively explore knowledge, self-learning, .
