Teaching and learning

A laugh or smile can lighten a lecture and make students more willing to speak up in class. Here are tips for using this nuanced, subjective tool in your teaching

Ng Lee Keng explains why and how telling stories in class can transform student engagement and make your lessons more interesting

Three important steps needed to create an effective field experience course that aids students’ learning and development, shared by Donna-Maria Maynard

In education, brainstorming has been regarded mostly as a classroom engagement tool, but it can be so much more than that, says Mattia Miani

Rebeca Elizabeth Alvarado Ramírez introduces a methodology that encourages effective communication in digital learning processes

A guide to creating teaching and learning materials as open educational resources that can be shared and reused by all

Creating an active learning environment in a large group setting is challenging. Ingrid Sierp shares ways to increase engagement, encourage attendance and gauge understanding in real time

Engaging your students through empathy requires teachers to share their own stories and vulnerabilities and foster a safe space for learning. Here, Beiting He offers 13 ways to create a caring classroom

A guide to using service learning, in which students oversee projects in the community, to enhance theoretical classroom teaching

Movies and television programmes can challenge students’ perceptions and enrich their understanding of the law. But designing an effective module requires more than a must-watch list, writes Michael Randall