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STEP 2: CHOOSING THE APPROPRIATE STRATEGIES

The four types of disengagement are listed below with slides. Each slide contains a strategy and appropriate resource(s).

INTELLECTUAL DISENGAGEMENT

primarily deals with the cognitive investment and interest in learning curricular knowledge taught in class and focusing on how that content may relate to an individual and the world.

Knowledge-Building and Participatory Learning Environments

teachers design or co-design tasks that allow students to build upon presently aware knowledge and to contribute their ideas and original findings to the class community and beyond. They do by making choices about what they want to learn and work alongside teachers to identify how they will learn.

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Check this resource for more information:

EMOTIONAL DISENGAGEMENT

how the student feels at the moment and about learning based on their mental health.

Create a Safe Learning Environment

establishing safe learning environments allow for comfortable learning places where students can feel at home.

 

Here are some strategies to establish a safe environment:

SOCIAL DISENGAGEMENT

this includes relationships with peers, teachers, staff, school administration and community. Part of developing student engagement is allowing students to foster positive relationships and behaviours.

Develop Positive, Substantial Relationships

students need healthy relationships with their families, teachers and classmates to support their learning and success. This can be done by focusing on the development of positive social structures over test scores.

 

Here’s how this can be done:

CULTURAL DISENGAGEMENT

this relates to how cultures are represented, respected and shared in the context of a school and beyond.

Cross-Cultural Physical/Digital World

promote cross-cultural collaboration through digital and physical tools that can connect classes to other classes around the world through resources such as this:

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