Links to Engagement

Maintaining a student’s focus throughout a school day is undeniably challenging. It’s a task that often ranks high among the difficult things teachers do. Some teachers seem to do it effortlessly, while others work at it. The struggle is real and a challenge that many of us, as professional colleagues, can relate to.

Active engagement is the key. Presentation of content is directly related to levels of engagement.

As we've discussed elsewhere in this blog, learning is significantly hindered when students are tired, bored, scared, worried, anxious, or stressed. This underscores the importance of creating an engaging classroom environment that can lessen the six factors in the previous sentence.

Of course, there are limits on what we can actively control. The student who arrived at school sleepy because their barking neighbour’s dog kept them awake will always be a problem.

We can limit boredom, fear, worry, anxiousness and stress. The first, boredom, is down to you, dear teacher:

How engaging is your classroom?

Do your students enter with the same speed they use when departing?

If you’d like more classroom engagement tips, message me in the comments section. You can also check previous blog posts for ideas.