Kurtoglu Eken: Enhancing engagement in learning

Eaquals International Conference, 16 – 18 April 2015

Enhancing engagement in learning

Deniz Kurtoğlu Eken, Sabancı University

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www.eaquals.org


http://youtu.be/K2UE9wArO1k


A hibernation is a covert

preparation for a more

overt action.”

Ralph Ellison Invisible Man

Potential hibernating in den?

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7508.Ralph_Ellison

http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/170957


research

Renewable Energy Systems

R E S – I – S T A N C E

stance/point of view I

• involving students in the development/design of criteria (e.g. for effective lessons); materials and tasks (e.g. mini-presentations; questions for texts, choosing video material, news etc.)

• using current topics and developments (TEDx, BBC, CNN Student News, etc.); authentic materials but doable tasks

• balancing interaction modes and allowing for all types of interaction including individual time and space

What seems to work…

• using exploratory classroom tasks e.g. with

images, metaphors, reflective questions

• balancing the use of technology (e.g. kahoot,

socrative, quizlet, activelylearn etc.) with

‘pen & paper’ tasks and not abandoning

‘traditional’ task types if they seem to work

• planning into the lessons undefined

outcomes/ surprise tasks / unusual elements

• changing or reversing roles/situations/tasks

• giving students choice in tasks and/or tools/

techniques/resources


• What does silence mean to you? What about silence

in the classroom?

• What invention would you create for yourself?

Describe. What about our classroom? What invention

would you create for our classroom and/or lessons?

• What is one or more thing(s) you’ve learned from a

classmate about yourself?

• ‘Our class museum’ - It’s almost the end of the

term. You’re preparing and planning an exhibition

about our class. Which experience(s) would you

include in this museum? And why?

• If our class could speak, what would it say to you?

Sample exploratory tasks


Choose the chair that reflects your experience in this session so far?


1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8


I choose chair number 4. Because this chair looks

comfortable and big enough. It is comfy and also suitable for

working thanks to its arms. I feel comfortable in PBL days

because we can be free when we are working and i feel

comfortable about that. On the other hand we had a lot of

work to do. I imagined myself working on it. I chose chair number 7 because I feel that I learned some

skills but not all skills that I needed or at least what I thought.

I am going to learn or experience also I did not finish all

research so far. This chair has a back but there is no arms

that’s why I chose it because I am ok but not satisfied. I chose chair 5.Because chair's back is quite laid back and

relaxing, it associate me our working for PBL can be

anywhere so it is flexible. However, the chair isn't very

comfortable so it's shows we have to do more things to

develop our project and work more efficiently. Chair arms

feels when the project finish we should feel confidence.

Lastly chair colors are black and white, it reminds me PBL

grades.


I choose number 2 because I'm improving my group work

skills and I feel I'm still lacking. On the other hand also my

research skill are improving but I feel still not good at

research. Briefly, I see my deficiency about the skills and

learn new things. The chair which I choose looks like not

much comfort like some others, I'm in the same situation. I choose the 3rd chair for my PBL because it is not

comfortable enough so you can’t sit on it too much time but it

is portable you can bring it wherever you want.

I choose second chair. It is dark, old maybe it is dirty.

Although the chair is not too much small, it's seems

uncomfortable and when a people sit in there he or she will

feel anxious or worried. If I were there, I won't sit on that.

PBL wants hard working and good effort. Our group is doing

what Deniz teacher wants but honestly it's not funny. I just

find it reasonable because next year we will have Proj. 102.

I choose chair number 8. Because number 8 looks very

comfortable, it represents how i feel about PBL. I like that

chair because it is a big chair and like a small bed. Also it has

great shape of green.


Do you know that the pictures are actually from a psychology test called ‘The chair frienship test’? Gooding M. & Rothenstein J. 2008 Mind Games: A Box of Psychological Play. Random House

Now think about this question: What kind of friend are you? Choose the chair that most appeals to you?


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To design:

https://getkahoot.com/

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To play:

https://kahoot.it/#/

http://wheeldecide.com/wheel-fortune-spinner/ Eaquals International Conference, 16 – 18 April 2015 23

And the good old…

http://wheeldecide.com/wheel-fortune-spinner/





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A closer look Exploratory classroom tasks

• One-off tasks through images, metaphors etc.

• Research tasks embedded into curriculum topics e.g. unit on psychology

• Using everyday classroom tasks for exploratory research e.g. ranking, prioritising, debating etc.

• Development of learner criteria for effective lessons

Learner research diaries

• One-off tasks being used systematically and throughout the semester

Learner interviews

• Learners interviewing others (peers, teachers, lecturers, etc.)

• Role reversal in interviews

Learner observations

• Learners as observers through simple but informative observation tasks

Learner surveys

• Surveys focusing on learning from learners

• Learners designing surveys – specific topics, formative feedback


If our class were a ‘door’,

which door would it be? Why?

If our class were one of the fish in this picture,

which one would it be, why? What about you as

an individual in our class? Which fish are you?

If escape was a door for you, which

door would it be and where?


I am a gold fish So I am diifferent from

others . All fish go to same way . But I

go to different way . I am very

colourful so people like me and I like

them . But people don't look to my

colourful while fishing ! I am sorry

because of this issue and people throw

garbage to our world . So my friends

die everyday . I can die a today . But I

am not want to die so I am going to

different world . I can go to the

ocean. I know ; I will miss my

friends but I must go to the ocean for

not to die. goodbye my friends :)

This is my thinking about fish:

I am a blue fish because I can be different from the other people to look like them.

I don't have to appear different because as a matter of fact, I am different. I go in

my direction. And to go in same direction with the others isn't important for me. My

direction is appropriate direction, it is important for me.

Attractive And Alone

I am not a goldfish in this picture. I am a

big blue one which is really near to the

goldfish. Goldfish is attractive, because it

goes to another side. It has got an opinion

which is different to the others, but being

difference, sometimes going to be a

dangerous. When we object people's

opinion, we are going to be alone. The

goldfish choose his own way, because he

wants to feel his self, he's not a weak. I

have got a lot of opinions which are not for

the community, but I haven't got a power to

object to the community and I haven't got a

lot of experiences, so I can't be a goldfish.

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