Strategies for learning environments that are engaging and inspiring

Innovative partnership and delivery models improving teaching and learning outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa
8 - 10 June 2015 | Visa Oshwal Centre | Nairobi | Kenya
Strategies for developing learning
environments that are engaging and inspiring
Gioko, A. Ph. D
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Mode of presentation
Definitions
Theory
Strategies
Q&A
Wrap up
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ASSUMPTIONS
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Student Learning Outcomes
Knowledge Skills Values Attitudes
Learning Environments
Engaging Inspiring
Planning
Setup Activities Tasks
Aspects
Teachers Headteachers Technology Space

A learning Environment
Crucially focused on the dynamics and interactions
between four dimensions
-the learner (who?)
-teachers and other learning professionals (with whom?)
-content (learning what?)
-facilities and technologies (where? with what?)
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Student engagement is linked to the quality
of their effort, which describes the amount of
physical and psychological energy that
students devote to their academic
experience
(Pace, 1979).
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INSPIRATION
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the process of being mentally
stimulated to do or feel something,
especially to do something creative.
Synonyms
creativity,
inventiveness,
innovation,
ingenuity,
genius,
imagination,
originality;
artistry,
insight,
vision
finesse,
flair

How do institutional and non-institutional learning
environments influence student engagement?
Birds Eye View
 Student cognitive investment in active participation
and emotional commitment to their learning.
(Chapman 2003)
 Student’s involvement with activities and conditions
likely to generate high quality learning (ACER, 2008)
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How do institutional and non-institutional learning
environments influence student engagement?
Enablers
 Student’s motivation and effort (Schuetz, 2008)
 Educators practice and relation to students (Umbach & Wawrzynskil, 2005)
 Roles of institution structures and cultures (Porter, 2006)
 Sociopolitical context in which education and engagement take place.
(Mclnnis, 2003, Yorke, 2006)
 Environmental factors (family background and Economic status) effects on
students (Law, 2005)
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ENGAGEMENT
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Student’s engagement is based on five
aspects
 Motivation and agency
 Interactions (Students-Students,
Teachers-Teachers)
 Institutional cupport
 Active citizenship
 External influence

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An agenda for facilitating student
engagement
Lenses on engagement An agenda for action
Motivation and agency (Engaged students
are intrinsically motivated and want to
exercise their agency)
Enhance students’ self-belief
Enabling students to work autonomously, enjoy learning relationships with others and feel they are
competent to achieve their own objectives
Transactional engagement
(Students engage with teachers)
Recognize that teaching and teachers are central to student engagement
Create educational experiences for students that are challenging, enriching and extend their
academic success
Transactional engagement
(Students engage with each other)
Create learning that is active, collaborative and fosters learning relationships
Institutional support
(Institutions provide an environment
conducive to learning)
Ensure that institutional cultures are welcoming to students from diverse backgrounds
Invest in a variety of support services Adapt to changing student expectations
Active citizenship
(Students and institutions work together to
enable challenges to social beliefs and
practices)
Enable students to become active citizens
Enable students to develop their social capital
Non-institutional support
(Students are supported by family and
friends to engage in learning)
Facilitate accessible and open relationships with important people in students’ lives

21st century learning environment
 Creates learning practices, human support and physical
environments that will support the teaching and learning of 21st
century skill outcomes
 Supports professional learning communities that enable educators to
collaborate, share best practices, and integrate 21st century skills
into classroom practice
 Enables students to learn in relevant, real world 21st century contexts
(e.g., through project-based or other applied work)
 Allows equitable access to quality learning tools, technologies, and
resources
 Provides 21st century architectural and interior designs for group,
team, and individual learning.
 Supports expanded community and international involvement in
learning, both face-to-face and online
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Engaging and Inspiring
Physical Learning Environment6/8/2015 7:14:35 PM 13

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Learning communities
Changing the Focus
Old Focus
 Every student can learn
 Focus on teaching
 Isolation
 Assessment OF learning
(Summative)
 Failure is an option
New Focus
 Every student will learn
 Focus on learning
 Collaboration
 Assessment FOR learning
(Formative)
 Failure is not and option

Entrepreneurship Dimensions
 Autonomy
 Competitive Aggressiveness
 Innovativeness
 Proactiveness
 Risk Taking
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Innovative School Leadership to
Facilitate Engage and Environment
Flexibility and Depth,
Assessment for Learning,
Contextualization of Learning,
Classroom Connections,
Collaboration to expand perspectives and possibilities.

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Characteristics of the teacher in
Engaging and Inspiring Learning
Environments
1. Learner-Centered Classroom
and Personalized Instructions
2. Students as Producers
3. Learn New Technologies
4. Go Global
5. Be Smart – Use Smart Phones
6. Blog
7. Go Digital
8. Collaborate
9. Use Twitter Chat
10. Connect
11. PBL
12. Build Your Positive Digital
Footprint
13. Code.
14. Innovate
15. Keep Learning

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Role of Technology in Engaging
and Inspiring Learning
Environments
1. Promoting greater student achievement.
2. Increasing student engagement.
3. Assessing student performance.
4. Facilitating communication and collaboration.
5. Maximizing administrative effectiveness.
6. Building student proficiencies in 21st Century skills.

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Technology evolving
learning environments

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Propositions to enhance student
engagement from an institutional point of
view
1. Create conditions that enable learners to work autonomously, enjoy learning relationships with others and
feel they are competent to achieve their own objectives
2. Ensure that students experience enriching educational challenges that enable them to extend their
academic achievement
3. Promote learning that is active and collaborative and fosters learning relationships between learners and
with teacher
4. Strive constantly to improve
5. Invest in a variety of support services
6. Create institutional cultures that are welcoming to students
from diverse backgrounds
7. Encourage students to become active citizens
8. Assist students to develop the social capital needed to be
successful learners and citizens
9. Value teaching and teachers

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