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Engaging and Re-engaging students
by Amy Wagner
Engagement is associated with positive academic outcomes, includingachievement and persistence in school; and it is higher in classrooms withsupportive teachers and peers, challenging and authentic tasks, opportunitiesfor choice, and sufficient structure.Fredricks, Blumenfeld, and Paris (2004)
Getting students involved in their education programs is more than having themparticipate; it is connecting students with their education, enabling them toinfluence and affect the program and, indeed, enabling them to become enwrappedand engrossed in their educational experiences.Wehmeyer & Sands (1998)
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MEANINGFUL ENGAGED LEARNING MODEL
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This model explains how students if engaged are responsible for their own learning. How as a teacher or counselor do we achieve that goal?
www.ncrel.org/sdrs/engaged.htm
• relationships• high expectations• student roles• teacher roles• classroom
management• cooperative
learning• technology
Engagement is defined:• Behavioral• Emotional• Cognitive
ENGAGEMENT IS MEASURED:• BEHAVIORAL• EMOTIONAL• COGNITIVE
Antecedents of Engagement:• School Level Factors• Classroom Context• Individual Needs
Strategies/Tips:• Improve conditions
for learning• Redesign
classroom strategies
• Just talk to the student
Strategies/Tips:• Maintain an
appropriate working relationship
Students that are engaged are supported in their classroom by their teachers and peers. Tasks are authentic and challenging. They are given opportunities for free choice and sufficient structure.
References• Adelman & Taylor (2010). Mental Health in
Schools. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.• Center for Mental Health in Schools (2012).
Engaging and Re-Engaging Students and Families. Los Angeles: Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA.
• Fredricks, J.A., Blumenfeld, P.C., & Paris, A.H. (2004). School engagement: Potential of the concept, state of the evidence. Review of Educational Research, 74, 59-109.
• www.ncrel.org/sdrs/engaged.htm