DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2014.v02i05.036

Pages: 838-851

Low This article introduces the reader to a polyvalent knowledge transfer system called the worksheet system. A pedagogical innovation developed by the author, it has been in use in a variety of settings for over 10 years. The objective is to produce educational aids to teaching analysis in the university classroom and in adult training. The method consists of the following steps: adapting and revising the Socratic structured set of questions to a written form; testing that form repeatedly in the university upper year classroom ; testing that form in the training of adults belonging to the same organization or sharing similar goals. The first part of the article covers two worksheets of the broadest possible application: one that promotes active listening in lectures and explanations or structures small-group discussions, and one that makes the user aware of how s/he integrates new knowledge. The second section of the paper covers nine worksheets which introduce the reader to a form of analysis. Each of the latter has been found to develop analytical skills in university students and adults. The pedagogy proposed herein are suitable for large enrolment classes, the material already having been used for a class of at least 75 students. they can also be used for a professor working with teaching or grading assistants. For classes between 100 and 300 students, some exercises such as the budget simulation will allow for small group work under the supervision of teaching assistants after the professor gives general information to the whole class. For other, multiple class exercises, such as the election exercise, whole class participation is possible. Assignments to be used in class can be done individually or in small groups, depending on the size of the class and the choice of students.