Just ask us : kids speak out on student engagement /: kids speak out on student engagement. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Heather Wolpert-Gawron.
• Authors: Wolpert-Gawron, Heather
• Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Introduction; The Importance of Student Engagement; Pedagogy Versus Personality; An Argument: What Engages Teachers Also Engages Students; A Brief Note on Brain Research and Student Engagement; The Engagement Survey Process; How Is This Book Different From Others?; Student Engagement Survey; 1. Let Us Work Together; Overview; Setting Up Group Work for Success; Competitive Learning Can Still Be Collaborative Learning; An Awesome Byproduct: Stronger Classroom Community; What Collaboration Looks Like in the Classroom; Engaging Teacher Spotlight; Discussion Questions; 2. Make Learning More Visual and Utilize Technology; Overview; This Is Our Brain on Visuals; Learning Through Visuals; The One Visual Tool to Rule Them All: Technology; What Using More Visuals (and Technology) Looks Like in the Classroom; Engaging Teacher Spotlight; Discussion Questions; 3. Connect What We Learn to the Real World; Overview; PBL Isn’t Just About Engagement; It’s Also About Achievement; Breaking Down the Parts of PBL; Finding an Authentic Goal for Your PBL Unit; What Meaningful Learning Looks Like in the Classroom; Engaging Teacher Spotlight; Discussion Questions; 4. Let Us Move Around; Overview; What More Movement Looks Like in the Classroom; Engaging Teacher Spotlight; Discussion Questions; 5. Give Us Choices; Overview; The Academic Benefits of Student Choice; Keeping Structure While Giving Freedom; What Giving Student Choice Looks Like in the Classroom; Engaging Teacher Spotlight; Discussion Questions; 6. Show Us You’re Human Too; Overview; Unabashedly Show That You Care About the Content; Unabashedly Show That You Care About the Students; The Power of Humor in the Classroom; Using Personal Stories as a Tool for Engagement; Being Fallible to Help Students Understand Learning; What Being More Human Looks Like in the Classroom; Engaging Teacher Spotlight; Discussion Questions; 7. Help Us Create Something With What We’ve Learned; Overview; Consumption Versus Creation; Creating and Making in Every Subject Area; Creation and the Role of Technology; What Creation Looks Like in the Classroom; Engaging Teacher Spotlight; Discussion Questions; 8. Teach Us Something New in a New Way; Overview; The Detrimental Practice of Overreviewing; Stepping Out of Our Wheelhouse to Model Learning; What Opening Eyes to New Concepts Looks Like in the Classroom; Engaging Teacher Spotlight; Discussion Questions; 9. Mix Things Up; Overview; Learning Styles Versus Multiple Intelligences; What Mixing Up Our Implementation Looks Like in the Classroom; Engaging Teacher Spotlight; Conclusion; It’s Hard to Be Engaging; What to Expect When You Adopt These Strategies; References; Index;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 370.154; Motivation in education; Project method in teaching; Active learning; Visual learning; Teacher-student relationships; Student participation in curriculum planning; Engagement (Philosophy)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506363264
• Related ISBNs: 9781506363288
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