Student Engagement (Ethics Of Teaching)

Chapter 3 of “How Learning Works” is about what factors motivate students to learn. This chapter gives several instructions on how to motivate students to learn and keep them engaged in class.  In order for students to stay engaged in the classroom the author suggest, students need to have some type of motivation to stay engaged in the course material. The more students expect usually, the better they will perform. Teachers should always, supply the students with grading rubrics that undoubtedly, describe their standards in order to keep students engaged. The Venn Diagram Model of Student Engagement displays three main areas for student engagement. Motivation, Student Engagement and Active Learning. In "Student Engagement Techniques", Barkley mentions how  Motivation is a way to describe the reasons we engage in a certain behaviors. Motivation and active learning work together. In retrospect students who are actively, learning become more motivated. In order for teachers to keep their students motivated they must utilize varies channels to keep their students motivated. Barkley expresses, that students have to have confidence in their work in order to succeed in the class.
According to Barkley, if students don’t become engaged they will most likely, fail. An exceptionally, good instructor will find ways to keep students engaged. In my own life I have continuously, had to relate my course work to my own life, to better understand the course content. For example: whenever I have a test I create a game or song from the review sheet. Whenever I’m actively, engaged in the course content I always, recall the information. One of the reasons I became a Communications major, is because it’s one of the few majors that allows students to be actively engaged.
Lectures are not the only format teacher’s use, there are several creative ways to keep students engaged. Active learning leads into experiential learning.
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JA

 

References

Ambrose, S. A., Bridges, M. W., DiPietro, M., Lovett, M. C., & Norman, M. K. (2010). How learning works: 7 research-based principles for smart teaching. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Barkley, E. F. (2010). Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.