HOW DO I GRAB THEM? July 8, 2010 8:00 am to 11:00 am
Strategies for Classroom Engagement Middle School C-207
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David Montalvo
A. INTRODUCTIONS
Video: Magic
Quote: Edward Tufte Visual Explanations (Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, 2005)
"Several of the classic texts of magic advocate two primary principles for successful illusion-making, suppressing context and preventing reflective analysis."
"These techniques of disinformation design, when reversed, reinforce strategies of presentation used by good teachers.
Analogy: A good healthcare experience
B. FRAMEWORKS
Story: Dave in high school
Research: Phil Schlechty: Types of Classroom Involvement
http://s3.amazonaws.com/www.schlechtycenter.org/tools/prod/4046/original/sc_pdf_engagement.pdf?1272415798
http://www.schlechtycenter.org/
Engagement
Strategic Compliance
Ritual Compliance
Retreatism
Rebellion
Group time: Think back to when you were a student
What was your level of involvement & in what classes? Why?
C. THE WELL-REGULATED CLASSROOM
The Video Dilemma
Story: When I first started teaching…
Suggestion: Attention span issues: Use video wisely
Short clips to grab attention
"Pause & Talk" method
Video Clip: Video questions & video answers
Telling Stories
Field trip: Our first educational system
Video: Ira Glass on storytelling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7KQ4vkiNUk
Story: My 7th grade science teacher & his son
Suggestion: Collect stories & use them purposefully
Suggestion: The larger story of what you teach
Using Questions
Quote: John Holt Learning All the Time (Perseus Books, Reading, MA: 1989), p. 127-128.
"Not only is it the case that uninvited teaching does not make learning, but --- and this was even harder to for me to learn --- for the most part such teaching prevents learning. Now that's a real shocker. Ninety-nine percent of the time, teaching that has not been asked for will not result in learning, but will impede learning."
Research: Grant Wiggins & Jay McTighe Understanding by Design (ASCD, Alexandria, VA: 1998), chp 1 & 2
Backwards Design
Using questions that lead to the Essential questions
Example: How do you win tug-of-war?
Video clip: Derek Collins
Diagnose Where They're At (Frequently)
Story: My first inkling that hearing and learning are not the same thing Research: Formative Assessment: no embarrassment, no grade consequences
Analogy: The very poor doctor
Example: The East Denver model: Red, Yellow, Green
http://j.mp/eastequity
Example: ABCD cards
Example: Whiteboards
http://www.dryerase.com/
Example: Online & free
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDdsckh2U0N4bGRZdkY0Z2dxTnhKNVE6MA#gid=3
Choice
Suggestion: Incorporate as much as you can
Example: East Denver Model
Little Things Mean a Lot
Suggestion: Name memorization: do it early
Suggestion: Off-task behavior = opportunity to strike up a conversation
Research: Make an emotional connection (The Limbic System)
Suggestion: Voice
Suggestion: Firm, but caring
Suggestion: Your mood
Research: Carol Dweck
https://www.stanford.edu/dept/psychology/cgi-bin/drupalm/system/files/Suble%20linguistic%20cues%20impact%20children%27s%20motivation.pdf
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7406521
http://www.nais.org/publications/ismagazinearticle.cfm?ItemNumber=150439
https://www.stanford.edu/dept/psychology/cgi-bin/drupalm/system/files/Implicit%20Theories%20of%20Intelligence%20Predict%20Achievement%20Across%20an%20Adolescent%20Transition.pdf
D. THE BIG PICTURE
Research: Phil Schlechty - Designing for Engagement
http://s3.amazonaws.com/www.schlechtycenter.org/tools/prod/4046/original/sc_pdf_engagement.pdf?1272415798
Examples:
States project
Accident design mystery
The case of George Moriarity
Students evaluate students
The Physopedia
The Great Gumball Gunkulator
Research review: Elizabeth R. Bowen
Review of engagement literature (Dangers of extrinsic rewards) http://s3.amazonaws.com/www.schlechtycenter.org/tools/prod/4048/original/bowen_pdf_litreview.pdf?1272417199
Inspiration: Sir Ken Robinson
Creativity in education
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
Children as natural resources
http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html
One last story: The case of Dan Keefauver and the Gunkulator