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Encouraging active learning

Love this short, practical guide for embedding active learning (Healey & Healey 2020)
— Mary Jacob (Aberystwyth University) 2021

Many of the references listed under linking research and teaching and students as partners involve students in active learning.

2000 Learning cycles and learning styles: the application of Kolb’s experiential learning model in higher education, Journal of Geography, 99, 185-195 (Healey M and Jenkins A).  Runner-up in JGHE Biennial Award for Promoting Excellence in Teaching and Learning, 2001; most read and most cited Journal of Geography article

2004 Engaging students in active learning: case studies in geography, environment and related disciplines, Cheltenham: University of Gloucestershire, Geography Discipline Network and School of Environment (Healey M and Roberts J Eds) 140pp (ISBN: 1 86174 145 6)

2004 Active learning and the swap shop, in Healey M and Roberts J (Eds) Engaging students in active learning: case studies in geography, environment and related disciplines, Cheltenham: University of Gloucestershire, Geography Discipline Network and School of Environment, pp1-8 (Healey M and Roberts J)

2004 ‘Teaching each other’ an example of active learning in a lecture, tutorial or workshop, in Healey M and Roberts J (Eds) Engaging students in active learning: case studies in geography, environment and related disciplines, Cheltenham: University of Gloucestershire, Geography Discipline Network and School of Environment pp42-44

2004 Use of peer and self-assessment to distribute group marks among individual team members: Ten years experience, in Healey M and Roberts J (Eds) Engaging students in active learning: case studies in geography, environment and related disciplines, Cheltenham: University of Gloucestershire, Geography Discipline Network and School of Environment pp116-121 (Healey M and Addis M)

2004 Improving examination performance through active engagement of students in a mid-semester peer assessment workshop, in Healey M and Roberts J (Eds) Engaging students in active learning: case studies in geography, environment and related disciplines, Cheltenham: University of Gloucestershire, Geography Discipline Network and School of Environment pp134-137 (Healey M and Hall T)

2005 Learning styles among geography undergraduates: An international comparison, Area 37 (1), 30-42 (Healey M, Kneale P, Bradbeer J with other members of the INLT Learning Styles and Concepts Group)

2005 Researching and evaluating active and inquiry-based learning in Geography in higher education, In ‘Researching and evaluating research-based learning in CETLs Symposium’, held at C-SAP, University of Birmingham, Birmingham 15 December (Healey M, Roberts C, Jenkins M)

2006 Learning styles, disciplines and enhancing learning in higher education, in Simms R and Simms S (Eds) Learning Styles and Learning: A Key to Meeting the Accountability Demands in Education, Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, pp.115-128 (Kneale P, Bradbeer J and Healey M)

2008 Collaborative learning with students in other higher education institutionsJournal of Geography in Higher Education 32(1), 121-133 (Higgitt D, Donert K, Healey M, Klein P, Solem M and Vajoczki S)

2008 Place attachment and place identity: first-year undergraduates making the transition from home to universityJournal of Environmental Psychology 28, 362-372 (Chow K and Healey M)

2010 Reflecting on engaging students in the process and product of strategy development for learning, teaching and assessment: an institutional exampleInternational Journal for Academic Development 15(1) (Healey M, Mason O’Connor K and Broadfoot P)

2010 Active Learning and Student Engagement: International Perspectives and Practices in Geography in Higher Education. London: Routledge (Healey M, Pawson E and Solem M eds)

2010 Introduction, in Healey M, Pawson E and Solem M (eds) Active Learning and Student Engagement: International Perspectives and Practices in Geography in Higher Education. pp.1-7. London: Routledge (Healey M, Solem M and Pawson E)

2010 Reflecting on student engagement, in Healey M, Pawson E and Solem M (eds) Active Learning and Student Engagement: International Perspectives and Practices in Geography in Higher Education. pp.208-14. London: Routledge (Pawson E, Healey M, and Solem M)

2010 Annotated references on active learning, Cheltenham: University of Gloucestershire

2020 Embedding active learning into your teaching practiceWatt Works Quick Guides 19. Heriot Watt University (Healey, M. and Healey, R.)