Creative strategies to ensure deeper student engagement
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This document provides creative teaching strategies for deeper student engagement. It recommends combining andragogy and transformative learning theory to hypothesize, analyze, strategize, and evaluate. Creative strategies include visual thinking, solution fluency, and drawing on resources about 21st century skills, digital citizenship, and innovations in deeper learning. The strategies aim to engage students and foster creativity through collaboration, trust, and emotional intelligence.
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Creative strategies to ensure deeper student engagement
- 1. Creative Teaching Strategies for Deeper Student Engagement by Peter Reilly Librarian, Kemmy Business School peter.reilly@ul.ie
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- This presentation focuses on creative strategies or techniques I have developed over the course of guest lecturing on Research Method modules for Graduate Business Students.
- This presentation will discuss each of the various strategies or techniques which I have used. Review learning theory in terms of Cognitive Psychology . Make reference to recent education policy reports. Explore the skills employers require from new hires, finally whether these Graduate skills are meeting the labour market demands.
- So What are these teaching strategies or techniques I have used in Research Methods Workshops Posters, images , animation, blogs , games, videos
- Today we live in an image dominated society, and Big Data is being presented visually. This is David McCandless blog which uses data visualisation creatively.
- According to Cognitive Psychologist Allan Paivios (1971) Dual Coding Theory (DCT) There are two types of learners which can be classified into two distinct groups verbalisers and visualizers who process information differently. Subsequent research by conducted by ( Riding & Buckle 1990) concluded that verbaliser have a preference for text and visualizers for images. So combining teaching using both of these .
- My role in these workshops is one of a facilitator, providing the necessary framework and motivation for the learning to occur , as the Russian Social Constructivist Lev Vygotskii calls the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). A stage of the learning process whereby the student feels sufficiently motivated and confident to become a self directed independent learner and no longer relies on the scaffolding or supportive framework provided by instructor or peers.
- The EU Report on the Modernisation of Higher Education chaired by Mary McAleese emphasised that student should be grappling with problems which are bigger than their course and making a contribution to society.
- Horizon report talks about student acquiring informal skills learned outside the class room environment. Through self directed learning by developing own personal goals
- Educause Paper (2014) describes the key cognitive strategies of students- Hypothesize, analyse, strategize and evaluate.
- Labour Market: Employers are seeking new hires which can identify problems as well as solve them. As the workplaces is constantly evolving Students require a set of generic skills epitomised by the Graduate attributes in order to succeed. The focus is on lifelong learning with employees constantly up skilling to be competent in using new technologies and tasks.
- Collaborative employees The modern workplace encourages a collaborative learning environment, requiring team members to embrace change , offer differing viewpoints, and discuss problems openly. Consequently they share knowledge learn from each other and guided by common objectives. (Barczak et al. 2010)
- Creativity The Cognitive Psychologist Jerome Bruner (1962) recognised that as the future was so difficult to define, Creativity was the best tool to prepare both our children and students for evolutionary change.(Runco, 2004 ,p659) A flying dragon boat my 10 year old nephew devised and built out of several Lego Ninjago sets.
- Graduate students are adult learners and learn differently to children, because They engage in critical self reflection and reassess their learning.
- Creativity is about taking something from one domain and applying it to another. In this case stop the bus is a literacy game played by eight year olds , I have repurposed it as a reflective tool for adults to encourage collaboration and motivation.
- Charles Leadbetter in 2010 TED talking discussing learning innovation said the Developing world was leading the way in this sphere and Western Educators could learn two things. Engage people before teaching them. Learning has to be productive to make sense.
- Engage students with my teaching portfolio collage by asking for their interpretation of it. ( Martinsen 1997) distinguished Two types of cognitive styles among a group - Explorers and Assimilators. Assimilators like solving problems using their experience and adhering to rules. Explorer perform better at the novelty tasks and draw conclusions based on available resources.
- Reflecting on my own teaching its a combination of Andragogy (Malcolm Knowles 1980) and Transformative Learning theory (Jack Mezirow 1991) Create a climate of cooperation . Help learners identify their needs and set goals Present learning as tasks to be undertaken or problems solved Use experience of learners as a teaching resource Recognise initial and on-going learner needs. Encourage learners in examining their own assumptions of a topic. Provide opportunities for self directed learning Justify the relevance of what is being thought.
- LibGuides is an online subject support guide which students can use a reference resource. It contains interactive online tutorials, and workshop notes. In effect it’s both a teaching resource and a platform for hosting material.
- I have also started to experiment with animation as way to engage students.
- Harold Jarche is a Knowledge Management Consultant. He has developed a theory called Personal Knowledge Mastery which I think is very relevant to students undertaking a Literature Review.
- This is another visual presentation of the Seek Sense Share model created by Sacha Chua. Students really engage with it because it is easy to follow, and can relate it to their own Literature Review.
- Solution Fluency is another creative approach to problem solving developed by the Global Digital Citizen Foundation. It is a six step process known as the “6 Ds” and I encourage students to consider it as another lense in which to view their dissertation.
- Image of a LCD Television Screen rotated at 90 degree angle. This is another technique , I use to encourage students look at the context of something. Research has to be interesting to the reader and one way of doing this is by exploring a topic from a different perspective. Emphasise the importance of taking a holistic approach to a topic, rather than focusing on specific part.
- Dave Gray has a blog devoted to visual thinking. I encourage students to watch the video and apply what they have learned. Sometime it can aid with refining a complex problem by drawing it. Depends on students intelligence type whether they like or hate it.
- So what I am trying to do is stimulate the students curiosity, which makes them self motivated , resulting in them becoming immersed in their topic at a deeper level.
- Synopsis of students feedback stating when they felt most engaged in the workshop
- On reflection I have used creativity to try create student centred and collaborative learning environments.
- Creativity is all about taking a risk, and trying out new things.