Colonel Sylvanus Thayer, the “father of the Military Academy” developed an active learning method that the academies have used for over 200 years. It was perhaps the best instruction I ever received, if not the most memorable.
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While I was a cadet candidate at the United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School, I was subjected to the Thayer Method of Instruction. With this method, students are able to recognize problems, think logically, define solutions using resources they possess and those they can acquire, and finally, they are able to communicate clearly and logically.
It is definitely learner-centric as students are responsible for their own learning.
This week we are going to take a closer look at the Thayer Method of Instruction and its components.
Additional Reading
- ITC: 81 – Using Information Recall Strategies in Your Classroom
- ITC: 84 – The Active Teaching and Learning Strategy That Has Had the Most Impact on Me
- ITC: 89 – 13 Techniques for Activating Prior Knowledge in the Classroom
- The Thayer Method: Student Active Learning with Positive Results
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- The Millennial Thayer Method: A study of instructor generated, pre-class video summaries on learning effectiveness
- Great Leaders Are Made
- A Wise Academy: The Un-Coddled American Minds at West Point
- An Experiential Report on the Thayer Method of Teaching across College-Level Chemistry, Biology, Math, and Physics Courses
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