Student engagement in classrooms

1. “Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of
learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves
together.”
Love of
Learners
Love of
Learning
TEACHER

2. Patience in a teacher- Basic components
• Knowing how to delay judgement and give
encouragement
• Providing constructive feedback that supports
the child’s thinking
• Being able to use more than one way to
explain a concept
• Understanding the concept thoroughly

3. Aspirations of a good teacher
• Having high expectations- Effective teachers
strive to motivate and engage all their
students in learning.
• Using a range of pedagogies-There are many
things that students can learn themselves
through discovery, with the teacher structuring
the learning to suit. There also are many things
that require the teacher to teach in a more
direct way.

4. A teacher who is attempting to teach
without inspiring the pupil with a desire to
learn is hammering o cold iron.
• Encouraging student responsibility-Effective
teachers teach in a way that encourages
students to take greater responsibility for their
own learning.
• Having mastery of their teaching content-
Effective teachers have a thorough knowledge
of their subject content and skills.

5. What the teacher is, is more
important than what he teaches.
• Building positive relationships-Effective
teachers develop productive relationships
with their students – they get to know them
and take a particular interest in their overall
development and progress.
• They treat their students with respect and
expect the same in return.

6. Classroom Management –Basic Principles
• Establish clear rules where rules are needed-rules
without enforcement is wishful thinking.
• Let students assume independent
responsibility.
• Minimize disruptions and delays.
• Plan independent activities as well as
organized lessons.
• Stress positive desirable behavior.

7. ‘'In an effective classroom students should not only
know what they are doing, they should also know why
and how''
• Recognize and reinforce desired behavior.
• Use praise effectively.
• Focus attention when beginning a lesson.
• Keep lesson moving at a good pace.
• Monitor attention during lessons
• Terminate lessons that have gone on too long.

8. 21st century Educational System
(E-Learning)
• 21st century students come to school with very
different sets of experiences and expectations than
their 20th century counterparts.
• Students today live digitally every day.
• They use the Internet, text messaging, social
networking, and multimedia fluidly in their lives
outside of school and they expect a parallel level of
technology opportunity in their academic lives.

9. modeling effective,
productive use of
technology and then
students perceive that
teachers are
• Technology is helping teachers to expand
beyond linear, text-based learning and to
engage students who learn best in other
ways.
“…engaging in their
world.”

10. Potential of technology for improving learning
• Better Simulations and Models
• Global Learning
• Virtual Manipulatives