Difference between revisions of "Decrease of Students' Engagement"

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<h2>Enablers</h2>
<h2>Enablers</h2>
 
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Lack of connectedness with the teachers <br>
-Lack of connectedness with the teachers <br>
 
Lack of link between student life and professional life<br>
Lack of link between student life and professional life<br>
39% of the students participating in the research believe that school work will have any bearing on their success in later life <br>
39% of the students participating in the research believe that school work will have any bearing on their success in later life <br>
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<h2>Inhibitors</h2>
<h2>Inhibitors</h2>
Use of interactive technology <br>
-Use of interactive technology <br>
 
Children are increasingly using technology for their past time activities, why not also incorporate them in the classroom? <br>
Children are increasingly using technology for their past time activities, why not also incorporate them in the classroom? <br>
Lack of understanding that needs of students change throughout time <br>
Understand that needs of students change throughout time <br>
Autonomy<br>
Students cannot relate with the school and the teaching material since they correspond to the needs of students of the past. Technology and the business world are changing very fast, outdating in that way everything that remains the same. <br> 
-Autonomy<br>
 




<h2>Paradigm</h2>
<h2>Paradigm</h2>


 
<h2>Timing </h2>
<h2>Experts</h2>
The trend has been obvious for a couple past years. But as years go by, the trend is intensifying and is expected to further deteriorate in the future. <br>
Durham University <br>
National centre for education statistics<br>
Joanna C. Dunlap and Patrick R. Lowenthal from the University of Colorado at Denver<br>
 
<h2>Web Resources</h2>
http://nces.ed.gov <br>
http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/trends-in-higher-education/twitter-in-the-classroom-studies-find-increased-student-engagement/ <br>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc <br>
<h2>Description</h2>
by the national centre of education statistics, attendance among tenth-grade students is constantly decreasing.  <br>
<h2>Enablers</h2>
'''Outdated educational system'''<br>
According to a study conducted by the national centre of education statistics in 2006, only 12% of high school students believe that schoolwork is meaningful whereas 21% of students believe that their courses are interesting<br>
 
'''Lack of link between student life and professional life'''<br>
39% of the students participating in the research believe that school work will have any bearing on their success in later life <br>
 
 
<h2>Inhibitors</h2>
'''Lack of use of interactive technology''' <br>
Children are increasingly using technology for their past time activities, why not also incorporate them in the classroom? <br>
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Lack of understanding that needs of students change throughout time''' <br>
'''Lack of autonomy'''<br>
One interesting study conducted by MIT cites a new discovery regarding motivation. The traditional motivation scheme based on reward and punishment does not seem to be effective when intellectual or cognitive skills are required to perform one task. In that case, mastery, having a sense of purpose and autonomy are the main motivating forces. The way the curriculum is
 
<h2>Paradigm</h2>
Schools should not reinvent but revisit their primary purpose: to educate, to provide mental food to students in order to be equipped for their professional and personal lives. It is not their purpose that has changed but rather the
Skills required. <br>


<h2>Experts</h2>
<h2>Experts</h2>

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