Engaging Students Through Large & Small Class Teaching
How do large-class and small-class teaching differ?
Engagement strategies by and large can be adapted to most contexts. However, how they play out and the effect on the experience will always be shaped by the number of students in the space, and also the space that you are teaching within.
For example, when doing a focussed group-work task: in a small classroom its (usually) feasible to get each group to report back their findings and discussions to the rest of the class.
In a large class setting, the reporting back may be limited to only one or two groups.
The furniture, layout, and technology of the space will affect the nature of the activities you can rely on to support deeper learning and understanding of a subject - as the space is often chosen based on student numbers allocated to attend.
It's not that one space is necessarily better than the other: simply that you must adapt to the situation, and work on a way to facilitate active learning, interactions, and participation between students in a meaningful way.