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SCALE-UP—Student-Centred Active Learning Environment with Upside-down Pedagogies—is an active mode of learning which offers an alternative to traditional lectures. In a SCALE-UP class, rather than predominately listening to their lecturers, students learn through solving problems, sharing ideas, giving and receiving feedback, and teaching each other.

SCALE-UP was originally developed by Robert Beichner, Professor of Physics at North Carolina State University (NCSU). In the mid-2000s, Beichner and his colleagues began experimenting with a hands-on approach to learning that dissolved barriers between theory and practice. The model has since been adopted globally in a wide variety of disciplines.

In SCALE-UP,  lectures are replaced by problem-solving and enquiry-based activities carried out in strategically-assigned groups. To foster collaborative learning, the re-designed classroom environment incorporates bespoke circular tables, shared laptops, and mirroring technology for students to share their work with the class. Flipcharts and whiteboards function as additional Public Thinking Spaces (Beichner 2014). These physical aspects are supported by a threefold ‘upside-down pedagogy’ comprising ‘backwards design’—the curriculum is designed ‘backwards’ from the learning outcomes; ‘students as teachers’; and flipped learning, where ‘content’ may be encountered outside class and sessions are devoted to applying ideas.