Challenge-Based Learning: Theory and Practice

Training content

Introduction to challenge-based learning.
Engagement: key issues, creating the challenge.
Inquiry: goal, guiding questions, guiding activities and resources for inquiry.
Action: goal, generation of solutions, analysis and presentation of results.
Reflective teaching/learning method and assessment of the results of challenge-based learning.

Criteria for participants

This training is for beginners and experienced teachers.

You are requested to

Plan your schedule so that you could devote all your days only to the training;
Be prepared to switch off your mobile phones;
Actively participate in the training tasks and have discussions with the other participants to make the training useful for you, your colleagues and the teachers;
Not to be afraid to make mistakes because mistakes are the best teachers.

We aim to create a safe environment to test innovations that could become tools in your daily work.

Testimonials:

“The training takes you out of your comfort zone and makes you look at the art of teaching differently”
“It was great and curious to learn, Professional team of teachers, well prepared”

The training is designed for:

Enabling the participants to apply a challenge-based learning method to their studies

Date:

Please check the registration section for available training dates

Duration:

3 day / 16 hours

Location:

KTU Innovative Learning Space, EDU_Lab, Studentų g. 50-110, Kaunas

Number of participants:

Maximum number of participants 18

Training materials:

Training materials are provided during the training

Outcome:

After completing the course, participants will be able to formulate challenges, test the challenge solution in a real-life setting, adapt the challenge-based learning and assessment process in the context of their own subject matter