Student engagement is a big part of constructivism. Students need to be active in their learning. From undergraduate classes, to student teaching, inservices, and discussion with other teachers (among the few things) I have added to my repertoire of strategies to use to engage students.
A few examples are using response cards, use of white boards (in which everyone has to respond/participate), thumbs up/thumbs down, and buddy buzz. I think a big piece of constructivism is this buddy buzz/talking with a partner. Students ask questions of each other to help clarify their own meanings.
Here is a neat website wit the A-Z's of engagement. ( I love the alphabet that they use at the top)
26 Keys to Student Engagement
Bethany,
ReplyDeleteThanks for finding and sharing this. I particularly loved the line "Together we are Smarter!" We should be in this all together.
Lovve this! Great tool! Thanks for sharing!
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