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.
Bio:
I am a Math and Science teacher at Chiloquin High School in Chiloquin, Oregon.
I am married with two boys.
Location: Chiloquin
Standard Set Answer:I am interested in this topic because we currently have a problem in my school getting students engaged and keeping them in school.
I hope to achieve a better understanding of how to encourgage student engagement.
I am not interested in helping with course organization.
Bio:
I teach math at Alpha Omega Academy as an online teacher. I have been teaching for 2 years now. I am interested in finding better ways to bridge that gap between how math is used in our every day lives!
Location: Iowa
Standard Set Answer:Student engagement to me is one of the most important things when teaching students. If our students are not engaged, they are less likely to learn. Math always seems to have the not fun or uninteresting tag on it.
I hope to find some new and exciting ways to get my kids engaged and to keep them engaged.
I am not too familar with this website but I could help if given some direction I think.
Bio:
Lecturer
Location: Malta
Standard Set Answer:
I am planning to follow a PGCE.
The topics discussed can help me understand and learn more about education.
I hope to achieve a deeper understanding of the learning process.
Unfortunately I have little expertise in education so any aid in the course will be both minimal and bound by the very limited time I have.
Bio:
Literacy coach
Click here for the link to my learning blog for this course.
Location: Southern California
Standard Set Answer:Engagement is of perennial interest to all, I think, but in particular to teachers. I hope to learn about how common strategies are used by effective teachers and look forward to the dialogue that I believe this class will engender. I'm not aware of how I could help with course organization but am open to helping with whatever may arise.
Bio:
I'm a corporate educator currently on sabbatical.and going back to work in the fall
Location: Toronto Ontario Canada
Standard Set Answer:What made you interested in this topic?
What do you hope to achieve by participating?
Are you interested in helping with the course organization?
Bio:
2011 Graduate of Seattle University's Student Development Administration masters program. Experienced in advising student activities, student government, service-learning and community engagement, as well as overseeing housing/residence life programming and community standards. I love the idea of P2PU and wanted to experience it for myself.
Location: Seattle, WA
Standard Set Answer:I will complete these sections soon...
What made you interested in this topic?
What do you hope to achieve by participating?
Are you interested in helping with the course organization?
Bio:
I'm a Current High School student from Omaha, I love to hear people's ideas, share my ideas, and see how those can be improved and combined. I'm an avid cyclist, reader, environmentalist, and Mad Men viewer. I do a lot of swimming and work for the YMCA as a Lifeguard and Swim Instructor.
Location: Omaha
Standard Set Answer:The website I'm building for education, brought me to this pilot course. I could really benifit from this course.
Improving my website. As well as teaching my swim lessons better.
Absolutely!
