At The Ivo we want all our students to be engaged in their work, to persist with activities in spite of challenge and obstacles and to take visible delight in completing tasks. Research shows that students will engage in tasks when they are exciting, meaningful, achievable and involve working together with others. We know that students will be motivated by interactive lessons, in which a range of learning styles is catered for, when they can work in groups and be creative. We know how to structure three or four part lessons and the importance of clear learning objectives. We also live in the real world and we are all under pressure to deliver content-laden courses in a limited amount of time and get the best results for our students and sometimes excitement, creativity and engagement are sacrificed because exams are approaching rapidly. Resources that may help include: |
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SUPER Research presentation (powerpoint) A readable and thought provoking summary of what STUDENT ENGAGEMENT really means: I cannot recommend this website more highly. It is not the most intuitive in terms of its design, but has some fascinating and manageable chunks of practical classroom ideas backed up by rigorous research: More research and ideas from Geoff Petty, but in a slightly more user friendly form. Particularly useful are the short film clips: |