| Shrnutí: | Final report from a project focusing on peer instruction in the humanities in higher education. Peer instruction (PI) is a highly innovative and proven technique for generating active learning in medium to large enrolment lecture classes. After lecturing on a topic for 15-20 minutes, the lecturer asks a multiple-choice question that tests students' understanding of the topic under discussion. The class then votes on the answer. If most are wrong, the lecturer can explain the topic again, and try again with the same (or a different) question. If there is an even mixture of answers, students discuss the question with their neighbours, and then vote a second time. Typically, more students give the correct answer the second time around; students with the right answer usually convince others of it. This project trialled PI in a variety of undergraduate philosophy courses, showing that it can be used in the humanities as effectively as it is the sciences, with potential also for use in history, geography, and classics. Project evaluations consistently show that students respond very positively to the use of PI as an aid to attention and comprehension. A 'Peer instruction in the humanities' website has been set up to encourage spread of the technique.
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