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.

Thank Youdeb.mcfarlane-smith@gov.ab.ca