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Understanding Student Engagement
Materials needed for today:• Handout, Webinar #1
Introductions
Please tell us ….
1. Who you are.2. What brought you here today.3. Whether or not you’ve participated
in a webinar before.
A = microphone B = chat box C = pass
Deb McFarlane-SmithFacilitator
Wanda DechantModerator, NRLC
Leslie SnyderModerator, NRLC
Jann EdneyModerator, ERLC
engagement
http://cea-ace.ca/home.cfm
Canadian Education AssociationThe Learning BarGalileo Educational Network
Student engagement is……..
Student EngagementSocial – participation in the life of the schoolInstitutional – participation in the requirements of school successIntellectual – participation in learning
WDYDIST, First National ReportMay, 2009
Student Engagement
Sense of belonging
Participation
Attendance
Intellectual Engagement
A = more than 80% B = 66% - 80% C = 50% - 65% D = less than 40%
Are Canadian youth engaged in school?WDYDIST, First National Report, May 2009
What does intellectual engagement look like?
“Flow”
Csikszentmihalyi(1996)
Engagement is about self-determined
commitment to the learning.
What does disengagement look like?
• a strategy for improving educational achievement
Engagement is both a powerful factor that
contributes to achievement and a valuable outcome in
itself.
Classroom Practices that Make a Difference
• Attention to relationships in the classroom
• Attention to work that is relevant, meaningful and authentic for students
• Thoughtful, intentional designs for learning
• Use of assessment to improve learning and guide teaching
Classroom Practices that Make a Difference
• Attention to relationships in the classroom
• Attention to work that is relevant, meaningful and authentic for students
• Thoughtful, intentional designs for learning
• Use of assessment to improve learning and guide teaching
Relationships play a significant role in student engagement.
What is engaging about this website?
Relevant…
World Wide Web
Cell Phones & Video Cameras
Interactive Games
Social Networking
Online Learning Modules
SMART Boards
Connected to world outside classroom…
Authentic…
Classroom Practices that Make a Difference
• Attention to relationships in the classroom
• Attention to work that is relevant, meaningful and authentic for students
• Thoughtful, intentional designs for learning
• Use of assessment to improve learning and guide teaching
Classroom Practices that Make a Difference
• Attention to relationships in the classroom
• Attention to work that is relevant, meaningful and authentic for students
• Thoughtful, intentional designs for learning
• Use of assessment to improve learning and guide teaching
Alignment…
learning outcomes
instruction
assessment
Aligned with learning outcomes…
“provide evidence that air takes up space and exerts pressure, and identify examples of these properties in everyday applications”
Specific Learner Expectation 6-5.1Grade Six Science
Deep/critical thinking…
Deep/critical thinking…
Disciplinary inquiry…
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Substantive conversation…
Engaging Learning Tasks
There is a close relationship between students’ experience of engagement and student learning.
Engagement is about a self-determined commitment to the learning.
Teaching practices have a powerful effect upon student engagement.
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