ACTIVE LEARNING BY THESTUDENTS OF 3rd YEAR STUDENTS IN STUDENTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES. LAMPANG BUDDHIST COLLEGE. : WITH THORNDIKE’S CONNECTIONISM THEORY

Abstract

               Learning through practice or active learning is the learning process that learners are able to practice and use thinking process about what they have done It is the management of learning activities under two basic hypotheses 1) learning is the natural attempt of humans and 2) each individual tends to have different way of learning whereby the learners' role are changed from receivers to co-creators of knowledge. Active learning is a kind of instructional process through practicing and it helps the learners gain the knowledge through experience rather than only passively listening to the teachers. Learners learn by reading, writing, responding and analyzing problems. Moreover learners use high level thinking process such as analyzing, synthesizing and evaluating. Comparing the knowledge to a "dish”, active learning is "cooking method" for that dish. Therefore to obtain that dish, we need to ensure that the learning process derives from the teachers' experience and the learning process is meaningful through the cooperation of the learners. The teachers have fewer roles to only focus on how to make learners enthusiastic by teacher's sharing of experiences, discussing with peers and practicing.