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The importance of student engagement in learning
The importance of student engagement in learning
The Importance of Student Engagement
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Chapter two of Child Care Plus+, is about recognizing the strengths and needs of young children. This chapter’s key points have to do with observing, using those observations, and two planning tools that can be helpful in observing a child. It is important that professionals use these tools to help better the development of each child individually. The text outlined some guidelines for observing children.
The lead teacher went on break and a substitute teacher entered the classroom. The assistant teacher shouted at the children to sit down at the table and to be quiet while they waited for lunch to arrive. The children ran around the classroom, talking loudly with their friends. Some settled down in their spots for lunch, but continued misbehaving at the table. The substitute teacher and assistant both requested repeatedly for the children to lower their voices.
The “Loud and Proud” is a speech and communication support group for Parkinson’s Disease (PD). The group is led by a speech-language pathologist (SLP) and consist of approximately 10 to 15 group members. Observation took place on 11/12/2017 at the Teer House; it began at 2:00 PM and ended at 3:00 PM. Meredith Nye was the SLP that conducted the group session made up of 7 males and 5 females. The group members’ age ranged from 50 to 70 years old varying in severity of common PD signs and symptoms .
Method Participants Thirty University of Utah students and staff members (17 men and 13 women) who ranged in age from 18 to 54 years old (M = 27, SD = 2.4), volunteered to participate in this experiment. Of the 30 volunteers 18 were Caucasian, 6 were Asian and 5 were African-American. No color-blind or visually impaired students and staff members were included in the experiment in order than all participants could see the stimuli presented clearly and effectively. The experiment took 1.5 hours (per participant). Participants were given the option of 1.5 participant pool class credit hours, or $15.00 to compensate their time.
In school Y, parents are involved in a variety of different ways. Parents drop off and pick up children from the school, the pick up point is directly outside the classroom meaning that parents can observe the children at the beginning and at the end of the day through the window. The parents then have the opportunity to chat with the teacher as they remain at the door when the children are leaving. This does not only benefit the parent but helps the teacher to understand more about this particular child, as mentioned in (Glazzard et al., 2010) conversations with parents can be useful as teachers are able to get a more holistic view of a child and their achievements. Each class has 2 key workers, this is highly important, (Palaiologou, 2013) mentions that a key worker allows a child to make a strong emotional attachment with one adult in a setting, the school does ensure that the emotional bond is not broken between the child and parent.
On Thursday October 22, I went with Sarah Pritt to recruit participants for her math-science anxiety research project. Sarah is a graduate student here at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, who is part of Dr. Roehrich’s research group. She hoped to recruit male participants who are planning on teaching math to elementary students. Last time the study was ran, the results were significant representing that math and science anxiety does exist and gender plays a role. However, this time around they hoped to add more men to their population size in order to strengthen the results.
When students are motivated, then learning will easily take place. However, motivating students to learn requires a very challenging role on the part of the teacher. It requires a variety of teaching styles or techniques just to capture students' interests. Above all, the teacher must himself come into possession of adequate knowledge of the objectives and standards of the curriculum, skills in teaching, interests, appreciation and ideals. He needs to exert effort to lead children or students into a life that is large, full, stimulating and satisfying.
Being that our campus farm would not be able to immediately produce all the crops we need, we would have to have the campus food services buy locally grown or produced food, organic produce, and purchase food in bulk or with less packaging in order to proceed with promoting more sustainable food. Currently, most of the food found in Hughson High School’s cafeteria is the product of an unsustainable food system. The food that comes from an unsustainable food system causes environmental damages such as destroying soil, its dependence on foreign oil, contamination of water, and reducing the ability to even grow crops at all. Food is delivered to Hughson High School by Sysco food trucks. The vehicle exhaust from commuting to and from Hughson
After visiting Walmart's McKinney location it was more than clear that there was a strong dividing line between what are labeled as boy's toys and girl's toys. One of the biggest differences between the two aisles that Walmart has decided to employ is painting the backdrop of their shelves either pink for girls or blue for boys. This right away sets a clear statement that one isle is intended for one gender and the other aisle for a different gender.
Mrs. Phan has volunteered many hours at our local public schools. From the time I was in kindergarten through third grade, she came every week to my Hayfield Elementary classroom to do Thursday folders. When she came, she stuffed graded papers, fundraiser information, and newsletters into folders which were sent home every Thursday. This helped keep the parents of the students informed about how their child was doing and what was going on at school.
Observation at Hendrik Louw Primary My overall experience of my observation at the school was enlightening and educational. I have learned valuable lessons, life lessons and class management tools. I have also seen the different roles that a teacher fills in her classroom apart from “just an educator”. The atmosphere in the classroom was conducive for learning and the teacher had “tools” in place to manage discipline, time management and helping the children.
I observed classroom 4 on March 15, 2016. I also observed classroom 4 on May 12, 2016. Inside the classroom they have a lot of different activities for the children to learn and play. There is an area for children to read. The teachers also have a bookshelf for the children to choose a book and the children can read.
Many studies have shown that that is an important factor in the learning process, so if they do not feel engaged, not much will be meaningful for them. In most cases, boring and monotonous lessons are the main reason. Tired and unhappy teachers have caused a negative impact on this new generation. It is not acceptable that a child suffers every time he has to go to school. That is why I want to apply for a Fulbright Scholarship and go for the learning and teaching program.
During my time at Pine Meadow Elementary I volunteered with Mr. Hager, a physical education teacher. The gym is shared with the other physical education teacher Mr. Severson. The gym is fairly large with a large blue line that runs along the outer edge of the gym. The children follow this line when they run or sit on it when they first come into the gym. I volunteered from 10:15-11:25 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Being a teacher is a journey that has much to do with learning about yourself and being aware that what happens in your classroom reflects only on how are you with yourself. Teachers are not conscious that they project into students, and that affects how things go in the classroom. I believe the first characteristic of a good teacher is that he/ she is always willing to analyze his/her teaching performance. Second the teacher is humble enough to receive input about the development and application of techniques, learning from it and improving.
