Engaging students is one of the major challenges teachers face on a daily basis. Motivation and engagement play a vital role in student’s interest and enjoyment in school. Because it has been observed those who are engaged in learning tend to perform higher academically and are better behaved than others. Student’s engagement and achievement are therefore correlated and all depend on the skill of the teacher in classroom management.
Student engagement can be described as a tendency to be behaviourally, emotionally and cognitively involved in academic activities. Teachers play a vital role in their engagement and motivation. Your confidence in teaching, enjoyment and effective orientations in the classroom leave a positive impact on the student’s engagement.
The following suggestions will guide you to improve and cultivate student motivation and thus engagement that comes with it:-
Maintaining your physical and mental stability: Undeniably teaching is a stressful job and it is absolutely necessary on the part of teachers to take care of their mental and physical wellbeing. They should engage themselves in relaxing activities because as much as you alleviate your stress it will reflect in the classroom and have positive impact on the mutual relationship between student and teacher. Teachers who feel good about themselves maintain patience and mingle and interact in a better way with the students. Stress busters for teachers could be: yoga, work-outs, jogging, healthy eating, biking, dancing and meditation.
Welcoming classroom environment for students of all cultures: To be engaged in a classroom, students must feel the environment where they are accepted and affirmed. The environment should be warm and inviting towards students giving a feeling of warmth and attachment.
Read More: Build a Safe Learning Environment as a Pre-primary Teacher
Ensuring student’s self belief: Researches have shown that student’s engagement to achieve goals important to them is possible when they have self-belief. They must believe in themselves that they can learn, deal with failures and gain experiences from those. Students hence must be involved in problem –solving activities and in discussions to solve those. This helps them to work on their commitment and confidence towards learning.
Observation of Student’s preferences: Teachers can connect with students having adequate knowledge and understanding what students like and dislike. It could be favourite books, movies or games they like most. This collected information can be used for motivating and engaging in the academic activities by building a rapport with them.
Work autonomously & collaborate with peer groups: Student’s should be allowed to work autonomously and with others, and thus develop a sense of competence and thus resulting in greater student engagement and motivation.
Active learning group: The key components to engagement are active learning groups, peer relationships and social skills.
Challenging and enriching educational experiences: Easy learning activities are not always effective in engaging students as those do not pose challenge to them. With difficult activities students start reflecting, questioning, evaluating, conjecturing and thus are engaged. Your responsibility is to create rich educational experiences that would pose challenge to the student’s ideas and make they walk a level ahead.
Recognizing the teacher’s role: Teacher must keep up their professional development through involvement in various educational activities such as reading journals, attending workshops and webinars etc. Thus you have to keep yourself updated with all the new techniques and strategies of teaching.
Read More: Smart Things Every Teacher Should Teach the Kids
The role of a teacher in motivating and engaging students is not an easy task as it might sound. While much of it is intrinsic to the student, teachers play a vital role in cultivating student’s engagement. And this has a greater implication on the student’s academic and behavioural success. Teacher training courses highlight on these qualities of a teacher to perform better and engage students in the learning process.
Student engagement can be described as a tendency to be behaviourally, emotionally and cognitively involved in academic activities. Teachers play a vital role in their engagement and motivation. Your confidence in teaching, enjoyment and effective orientations in the classroom leave a positive impact on the student’s engagement.
The following suggestions will guide you to improve and cultivate student motivation and thus engagement that comes with it:-
Maintaining your physical and mental stability: Undeniably teaching is a stressful job and it is absolutely necessary on the part of teachers to take care of their mental and physical wellbeing. They should engage themselves in relaxing activities because as much as you alleviate your stress it will reflect in the classroom and have positive impact on the mutual relationship between student and teacher. Teachers who feel good about themselves maintain patience and mingle and interact in a better way with the students. Stress busters for teachers could be: yoga, work-outs, jogging, healthy eating, biking, dancing and meditation.
Welcoming classroom environment for students of all cultures: To be engaged in a classroom, students must feel the environment where they are accepted and affirmed. The environment should be warm and inviting towards students giving a feeling of warmth and attachment.
Read More: Build a Safe Learning Environment as a Pre-primary Teacher
Ensuring student’s self belief: Researches have shown that student’s engagement to achieve goals important to them is possible when they have self-belief. They must believe in themselves that they can learn, deal with failures and gain experiences from those. Students hence must be involved in problem –solving activities and in discussions to solve those. This helps them to work on their commitment and confidence towards learning.
Observation of Student’s preferences: Teachers can connect with students having adequate knowledge and understanding what students like and dislike. It could be favourite books, movies or games they like most. This collected information can be used for motivating and engaging in the academic activities by building a rapport with them.
Work autonomously & collaborate with peer groups: Student’s should be allowed to work autonomously and with others, and thus develop a sense of competence and thus resulting in greater student engagement and motivation.
Active learning group: The key components to engagement are active learning groups, peer relationships and social skills.
Challenging and enriching educational experiences: Easy learning activities are not always effective in engaging students as those do not pose challenge to them. With difficult activities students start reflecting, questioning, evaluating, conjecturing and thus are engaged. Your responsibility is to create rich educational experiences that would pose challenge to the student’s ideas and make they walk a level ahead.
Recognizing the teacher’s role: Teacher must keep up their professional development through involvement in various educational activities such as reading journals, attending workshops and webinars etc. Thus you have to keep yourself updated with all the new techniques and strategies of teaching.
Read More: Smart Things Every Teacher Should Teach the Kids
The role of a teacher in motivating and engaging students is not an easy task as it might sound. While much of it is intrinsic to the student, teachers play a vital role in cultivating student’s engagement. And this has a greater implication on the student’s academic and behavioural success. Teacher training courses highlight on these qualities of a teacher to perform better and engage students in the learning process.
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