The teaching term "student engagement" has a wide and varied usage in education. In this course participants will share, enlarge, adapt, and redefine their ideas about engagement through watching videos, reading articles, trying out methods in their own classrooms, and by sharing and challenging each other. Together we will share the pros/cons, challenges and ease of different engagement methods to help students learn. Our focus will be on open dialogue about all methods and the elements and nature of engagement itself. This course begins September 26 and ends November 6.
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Anyone can follow a course on P2PU. Participating is the next level of engagement. The sign-up is a space where interested individuals can express their interest and background in the topic and commit to working with the rest of the participants. Please answer the following set(s) of questions if you want to become a participant or organizer.
This set of signup questions is common to all study groups, courses, ... in P2PU. The answers to these questions will be public once you get accepted.
This set of signup questions is particular to this course. The answers to these questions will be visible to all participants once you get accepted.
What do you teach (grade and subject), at what school, and what is your email address?
In this course, there will be experiments on student engagement which you must complete in your class or school (see syllabus for details). There are optional (but useful) webinars in the first, third, and fifth weeks. You will be required to try out ideas generated during the course in your own classrooms. And you will need to keep a blog or journal to track your thinking. Please describe your ability to fulfill these requirements.
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Teacher trainer and an EFL Teacher as well since 2000
Location: Kolda, SENEGAL
Standard Set Answer:Engagement is a key word in teaching. Adolescents need to be motivated to learn.
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I currently teach biology, environmental science/ecology and independent study at an alternative high school in an urban area of Sacramento. Previously, I taught chemistry, AP Env. Science, Ecology, Biology and Earth Science in New Jersey. I also ran their Environmental Action Club in NJ for 5 years...:)
Location: sacramento, ca
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I am a high school Algebra teacher and would like to excel in my practice as a teacher.
Location: Lake View Terrace, CA
Standard Set Answer:I am a high school math teacher and my subject is very challenging to teach and for students to learn. I believe with applying more techniques that will foster higher engagement students will invest more in my subject and we will have a better outcome.
I hope to learn more about engagement techniques specific to high school math courses.
yes, I am interested.
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I'm currently a graduate cs student . I have a big passion to learn all new stuff regarding computer &software.
Technology is a mystery for me ,I would like to discover and learn more .
This commuinty is a perfect place to learn and share experiance with others.
Location: Yemen
Standard Set Answer:-I'm an educator ,and I feel it's my duty to take students attetion and give them apportunity to particepate .
- Hope to learn ways to enagage students and get them involved in the learning process .Ad most improtant how to avoide boredem .
-Can't commit ,as I have strict time ,but I will be more happy to collaborate with peers in all assigned tasks .
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High school math teacher - geometry, advanced algebra, calculus
Location: Chicago, IL
Standard Set Answer:I'm looking for ways to increase the relevance and engagement of students to high school math curriculums - especially more advanced curriculum like advanced algebra and calculus.
I'm hoping I'll become a better teacher and expand my skil-set in creating engaging and relevant lessons for my students.
I'm happy to help with organization.
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I have been teaching for 17 years and am currently HOD of ESOL at my school. Teaching is something that is always evolving - an art really... There is no time to get bored - too much to do and learn - and this is what I love about it!
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Standard Set Answer:Lessons are pointless unless students are engaged and the art of a teacher is to find ways to engage students; encouraging and motivating them to actively learn!
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I have been an educator for 11 years. I have a degree in Biology and a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction.
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Standard Set Answer:I am an educator that is constantly trying to learn new things that will help my students to learn better. When they learn more, they achieve more. I hope to getter a better understanding of why it is important to engage the children and how this impacts the learning. I hope to learn a lot of different engaging activities that I can take back to my classroom. I would be interested in helping with the course of organization.
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I am a retired Assistant Superintendent from Madison Parish School District in rural northeast Louisiana.
Location: Tallulah, LA
Standard Set Answer:I am interested in student engagement because this is a problem in the school district in my area.
I hope to learn strategies to keep students engaged at all times.
I am intested in helping with the course organization.
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I lecture at a Design College in South Africa. I hold a Post Graduate in Education and a Masters in Fine arts. I have been involved in education for 7 years.
Location: South Africa
Standard Set Answer:I am interested in Educational psychology and curriculum development . I hope to deepen my knowledge as well as professional development. At this stage I only want to participate and find my feet as I have never studied online before. I might be interested in course organization at a later stage, especially because I am planning to register for my Masters in Education next year.
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I am a high school special education teacher. This is my 7th school year teaching at the high school level.
Location: Maine
Standard Set Answer:I am interested in this topic because I teach at the high school level (special education).
By participating, I hope to improve my teaching.
I'd be happy to help with the course organization if there is something that I can assist with.
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Teaching for 28 years, passionate about making school experiences relevant and valuable.
Location: Hong Kong
Standard Set Answer:I saw this on twitter and I looked it up since I am interested in making education relevant to students and am always excited about sharing practices and experiences.
I hope to improve student learning in my classes, share what I learn here with other teachers in school so we can have a similar approach. I also hope to try out the activities and share with others on this platform what works and how it works in my lessons.
This is my first course so I will see how it goes before I put my hand up for course organisation but it is something I am willing to consider.
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Been a teacher for almost 20 years and still loving every minute of it! I currently teach middle school (or key stage 3) science and IT. I am very interested in integrating technology in the classroom and am a serious Mac addict!
Location: Hong Kong
Standard Set Answer:I am interested in this topic because I want to make sure that my students get the most out of every session with me. I teach in an international school in Hong Kong where Cantonese is the first language. So, I want to be able to motivate them to learn and be comfortable with English sot hat they will be successful in science (which I teach) and every other subject they are taking.
By attending this study group, I want to learn techniques that will help me engage English as second language learners. I also want to learn techniques on how to engage students of different learning levels and different "hyperactivity" levels.
Yes, I would be interested in helping to the best of my capacity and experience! 
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Engaged, my blog
Location: Asheville, NC
Standard Set Answer:I believe engaging students is one of the fundamental skills a teacher (of anything) must excel at in order for the classroom to be a productive environment. If my students are not engaged in the learning, they are not very likely to learn. I hope to improve my practice so that all of my students may benefit from engaging lessons and units to become more literate citizens of the world.
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I am a grade 1 teacher and Phase head and am passionate about teaching and want to extend myself.
Location: Swaziland
Standard Set Answer:I am looking for a way to extend myself and keep up to date with developments in education. I hope to be able to apply what I learn in the classroom. I unfortunately do not have enough time at this stage to help with course organisation.
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Hello everyone! I'm an online teacher with Bridgewater Academy. Looking forward to connecting with fellow educators!
Location: Pennsylvania
Standard Set Answer:As I teach online, it can be a struggle engaging students due to the lack of face to face communication. In order to better help my students, I look forward to learning ways to help keep students engaged in their online courses.
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I live in a small town in ND with my husband and two children. I teach math online for Bridgewater Academy (grades 7-12) and for Bismarck State College.
Location: Tappen, ND
Standard Set Answer:I am interested in Student Engagement because I have been teaching online for 3 years (college level and high school level). I am always looking for new ways to engage my students and create an excitement in them for learning.
I hope to achieve a better understanding of how to engage online students in their learning.
I would love to help in any way I can.
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I'm proud to say that this is my 21st year in education. I have been a fourth grade teacher and sixth grade teacher. I am currently a full release mentor for my district. In addition to mentoring, I provide professional development workshops and trainings. Like many of us here, I LOVE to learn and am always busy furthering my knowledge in pedagogy. I have earned 2 Master degrees and my National Board certification.
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Standard Set Answer:I am part of the Professional Development Department in our school district. I provide workshops and seminars for the teachers. I am always looking for new ideas to add to my repertoire. I hope to share ideas as well as gather them. At this time, I am not interested in helping with the course organization.
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Director at the Wolf Creek Online High School where I have been employed for the past 10 years.
Location: Chisago City MN
Standard Set Answer:I am most interested in the topic of student motivation due to the fact that I am an administrator in an online setting. Motivating students in the online world is different from traditional motivation techniques and something I want to explore further. I hope to share results with my staff of 12 people in my charter school setting.
I hope to learn concrete motivation techniques that have worked for others and use them in my current setting by the end of the course.
I am not interested in helping with course organization at this time-thanks
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I'm a Preschool Ed. Teacher but involved in Teacher Training since 2004. Currently I'm México Country Coordinador of the Non Profit Teachers Without Borders. I'm in permanent search for P.D. opportunities for myself and the colleagues I work with.
Location: Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Standard Set Answer:Almost every time I have the opportunity to work with teachers I finish my participation with mixed feelings... Some teachers get over excited about the contents, while others just sit in the back and watch, they decide not to engage in conversations or activities and I really get worried if it's me, it's the content, it's their personality, their learning style, maybe... I want to be able to deal with those participants or at least with my frustration. Of course I always wonder what do they do in their own classrooms when they face the same situation... Maybe through this course I will get to know the reason for the lack of motivation and ways to change that. I expect to engage in meaningful conversations about the topic and if we don't end up with the right answers and become super engaging teachers, at least we would have shared our experiences and come back to the classroom with new strategies to motivate our students. If at this point there is still a way to collaborate with the course organization, I would love to do it, time is limited, but the interest in t.p.d. and my respect for this project is big!
