Learning by Doing: Active Engagement

1. Learning by Doing:Active Engagement Dover Area School District Corinne Eisenhart, Ph.D. Shippensburg University of PA ceeisenhart@ship.,edu

2. What is Active Engagement? • Why is Active Engagement important? • How is Active Engagement connected to the Instructional Core? • What will educational leaders “look for” during Walk-Throughs and Instructional Rounds? • What are instructional techniques to increase Active Participation? • How will you increase Active Engagement in your classroom? Essential Questions

3. Tell me, I forget. Show me, I remember. Involve me, I understand. - An Ancient Chinese Proverb

4. What isActive Engagement? Quick Write and Turn & Talk

5. Students are actively involved in the lesson; know the goal of the lesson. • Children are involved in their education; holding them accountable for their learning. • Students are engaged in the learning process. • Students understand the purpose of the lesson and the teacher provides active feedback that allows the teacher to assess learning. Definitions from DASD Teachers . . .

6. Students are involved with developmentally appropriate activities that support learning. Students can explain the expected procedure and outcomes of the activity they are participating in. • Each student is actively involved in learning activities that support the content of instruction which builds their understanding of the curriculum. MORE Definitions from DASD Teachers . . .

7. Active engagement refers to the joint functioning of motivation, conceptual knowledge, cognitive strategies, and social interactions in learning activities. Guthrie & Anderson, 1999

8. Active learning involves providing opportunities for students to meaningfully talk and listen, write, read, and reflect on the content, ideas, issues and concerns of an academic subject. Meyers & Jones, 1993

9. Active engagement is a dynamic process based upon the Instructional Core where academic growth and individual success result in maximized learning for ALL students. • The Instructional Core is the interaction between the teacher and students in the presence of content, enhanced by the academic task. The DASD definition . . .

10. Why is Active Engagement Important? Triad Thinking (Huddle-Up) TIME: 5 minutes

11. How do we engage ALL students in learning? Begin with the Instructional Core.

12. The Instructional Core Content Teacher Student

13. Academic Task Content TASK Teacher Student

14. What do you remember?

15. Academic Task Content TASK Teacher Student

16. What are educational leaders “looking for” when conducting “Walk-throughs” and Instructional Rounds?

17. What are TEACHERS doing? What are STUDENTS doing? Learning by Doing: Active Engagement

18. Enthusiasm • Positive Attitude • Pacing • Appropriate Task • Immediate Feedback • Differentiated Grouping Walk-throughs and Instructional Rounds “Look Fors” TEACHERS . . .

19. Enthusiasm • Body Language • Preparedness • Transitioning • Collaboration Walk-throughs and Instructional Rounds “Look Fors” STUDENTS . . .

20. What are instructional techniques to increase Active Participation? FROM TO Corinne Eisenhart, Ph.

21. White Board Activity What Total Participation Techniques did you observe during this session?

22. White Board Activity What Total Participation Techniques do you use on a regular basis?

23. What are some additional Total Participation Techniques?

24. How will you increase Active Engagement in your classroom?

25. Reflect on your present practice and how you will enhance your future practice.