What can we learn from excellent teaching in elementary and secondary education?
How do we build the capacity of students to be more engaged and able to self-direct their learning?
What can we do as faculty and instructors to facilitate culturally responsive teaching?
Explore with Dr. Varner how:
- Open-ended questioning with total participation techniques not only work but also ensure everyone is engaged and can participate.
- Reflective activities designed to get students to find out what actually gets them to learn are vital. This includes engaging students with the concept of metacognition.
- Flexible grouping of students with norms and protocols is key.
- Exploratory activities with hands-on materials engage college students as much as a group of kindergartners.
- Explicit instruction on when to be engaged with technology and when not to be is important.
- Self-created projects based on clear course objectives can bring a class to life for students as they conduct their individual research as well as share their learning with others.
Three Key Takeaways:
- Develop successful strategies to engage learners in self-directed learning activities.
- Learn how to change the mindset of students from passive to active learning.
- Consider how planning through a lens of access and equity can increase student learning for students of all ages.
