Active learning is learning which engages and challenges students thinking using real-life and imaginary situations. Students are encouraged for example through the method of pair work to develop their own thoughts and ideas, to resolve problems by themselves, and to talk to and listen to their peers improving on their listening skills.

(Chickering and Gamson1987), suggests that students must do more than just listen. ‘They must read, write, discuss, or be engaged in solving problems. Most important, to be actively involved, students must engage in such higher-order thinking tasks as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Within

this context, it is proposed that strategies promoting active learning be defined as instructional activities involving students in doing things and thinking about what they are doing’.Students and their learning needs are at the center of active learning which makes it very effective when introducing this pedagogical approach in any lesson.
Some active-learning techniques are easier to use in your class and some are harder when it comes to teaching.

Teaching methods are constantly changing with teacher and school introducing new pedagogical approaches to teaching, but time and time again active learning producing a much higher sense of achievement and accomplishment in comparison to the old didactic methods of route learning in school. Teaching is becoming more practical nowadays where students are becoming actively more and more involved in their learning. There is a big emphasis on relating the material students are covering to real life examples.

Geoff Petty (2004) states ‘We learn by doing. Research shows that active learning is much better recalled, enjoyed and understood. Active methods require us to 'make our own meaning’, that is, develop our own conceptualisations of what we are learning. During this process we