Effective Lessons - Attendance or Participation?

For an effective (and fun) teaching - learning process, participation in the classroom is essential.

Participation encourages initiative. It implies an active attitude and involvement in class performance.

Participation makes students show interest in learning by formulating doubts, questions and conducting classroom activities.

Participation includes nonverbal language (educator and students).

Participation means presence in class dynamics, both directed and spontaneous.

Participation modifies the course of the class in a positive way.

Participation enables students to engage in learning process and to enjoy it.

Participation increases the commitment and improves comprehension (active learning).

Participation depends on the interest of students in the subject and their relationship with the teacher.

Participation allows to internalize knowledge more effectively, to solve doubts and to understand better what is being learned.

Participation makes more enjoyable and interesting lessons, avoids distractions and students learn better, more and faster, facilitating communication skills.

Participation is encouraged by transmitting security to students downplaying importance to errors and emphasising the process more than the result.

Do you, dear colleague, encourage participation in your lessons?