Learning by teaching: an outside-the-classroom approach


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The paper covers the issue of applying the learning by teaching method outside the classroom as an effective tool for the formation of academic (linguistic and transferrable) and life skills, positive personality traits and the popularisation of socially significant values among students of non-linguistic fields of study. The study is based on an experiment, the participants of which were 20 first-year students of Nevinnomyssk Technological Institute studying in the specialty “Chemical technology of inorganic substances”. The experiment was guided by the author of the paper. During the experiment, which lasted two academic semesters (from September 2023 to December 2023), participants helped students (at the ages from 8 to 14 years) of a local boarding school with their homework. The purpose of the study was to identify academic and non-academic skills that can be acquired and improved through teaching practice. The results of the experiment were collected and processed using the narrative interview method (sharing experiences through answering a question) and showed the presence of both academic and transferrable skills. Thanks to the outside-the-classroom circumstances (living and learning conditions in a boarding school), participants were immersed in an environment of social-emotional learning, and noted the benefits of this experience both for future professional activities and for everyday life. Despite certain academic and non-academic difficulties that the participants and organisers encountered in the process of practical application of this method, it turned out to be productive, and the author recommends its use when learning and teaching other academic disciplines.

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Vera Nikolayevna Golodnaya

Nevinnomyssk Technological Institute (branch) of Northern Caucasus Federal University

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Email: vgolodnaia@ncfu.ru

PhD (Philology), assistant professor of Chair of Humanities and Mathematics

Russian Federation, 357108, Russia, Nevinnomyssk, Gagarin Street, 1

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