Nobel laureate and Stanford physics and education professor Carl Wieman advocates for the adoption of active learning in an interview with NPR. Wieman argues that professors need to step away from lectures and embrace methods of teaching that will help students’ understanding of the material and satisfaction with their courses. According to Wieman, “Research-based, active learning is about teaching the thinking that you really want students to learn…Give them feedback on what thinking is right or wrong, so it’s very much a process of practicing the thinking and getting feedback on it.”
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/06/07/530909736/hey-higher-ed-why-not-focus-on-teaching