How can we increase student engagement and attendance? by

2024-09-20 14:16:53 UTC

Short anecdotes for introduction

pseenglish — 2024-09-20 14:17:31 UTC

What we currently do

Use praise, create engaging lessons, differentiate.

What we can do in the future

Give them a clear pathway for achievement, collect regular feedback (forms and surveys in class), create more engaging hands on activities (gamify lessons a bit).

2024-09-20 14:17:56 UTC

Calling out students by their name

2024-09-20 14:18:39 UTC

Throwing in some humour and self criticism

2024-09-20 14:19:15 UTC

Being enthusiastic and showing it

2024-09-20 14:19:29 UTC

Asking questions

Group work

Learning students' names as soon as possible

Scaffolding information

Gamification, Kahoot quizzes

Building rapport with students

2024-09-20 14:19:52 UTC

We: ask targeted questions, making it relevant to students countries, cultures, experiences, get the to talk trying to apply theory to practice,

We can also: introduce academic engagement, use more discussion and debate based activities, ask AESS teachers to help engage students with research as at the moment only strong students do it

2024-09-20 14:23:35 UTC

Group activites, linking to the students background or future courses.
Student led activities.