How Pop Culture Increases Student Engagement and Reading Comprehension

2022 ◽  
pp. 315-334
Author(s):  
Kathryn C. Starke
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Practices ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
Background Knowledge ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Elementary Educators ◽  
Full Understanding ◽  
Prior Experiences ◽  
Specific Learning

In this chapter, teachers will learn the importance of tapping into a child's prior experiences or background knowledge to help students gain the full understanding of a topic or subject matter. These practices help teachers recognize the background knowledge a student has on a subject matter; this information can assist them in their planning of a unit or specific learning objectives. This chapter provides elementary educators with practical ideas and a solid template or structure to help teachers brainstorm the countless ideas to weave pop culture into their instructional practices. Teachers should use these pages as a springboard to initiate the creative planning process to meet the needs of the students in their own classrooms. It is divided into sections of pop culture that are present in our 21st century society. As pop culture continues to change, teachers can use its appeal to get students excited about learning.

How Pop Culture Increases Student Engagement and Reading Comprehension

2021 ◽  
pp. 341-361
Author(s):  
Kathryn C. Starke
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Practices ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
Background Knowledge ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Elementary Educators ◽  
Full Understanding ◽  
Prior Experiences ◽  
Specific Learning

In this chapter, teachers will learn the importance of tapping into a child's prior experiences or background knowledge to help students gain the full understanding of a topic or subject matter. These practices help teachers recognize the background knowledge a student has on a subject matter; this information can assist them in their planning of a unit or specific learning objectives. This chapter provides elementary educators with practical ideas and a solid template or structure to help teachers brainstorm the countless ideas to weave pop culture into their instructional practices. Teachers should use these pages as a springboard to initiate the creative planning process to meet the needs of the students in their own classrooms. It is divided into sections of pop culture that are present in our 21st century society. As pop culture continues to change, teachers can use its appeal to get students excited about learning.

Hidden Greenlands

2011 ◽  
pp. 61-73
Author(s):  
Frank Menchaca
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
College And University ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
Classroom Assignment ◽  
Age Studies ◽  
Specific Learning

This chapter considers the role of libraries and educational publishers in the information age. Studies show that, for most college and university students, the trigger for research remains the classroom assignment. Tasks associated with specific learning objectives—writing a paper, preparing an interpretive reading, engaging in historical or statistical analysis—still motivate students to engage in research. What has changed is the fact that students no longer rely on librarians, libraries, or traditional publishers for information resources. They go directly to search engines. Today’s learners are, however, quickly overwhelmed and, despite being “digital natives,” struggle to evaluate information and organize it to build ideas. The ability of publishers, librarians, and libraries to address this issue will determine their relevancy in the 21st century and, perhaps, the success of students themselves in the information age. This chapter reviews a wide variety of literature and experiential data on information literacy, findability, metadata, and use of library resources and proposes how all players can re-think their roles.

Framework for Developing and Assessing Business Education Wikis

2012 ◽  
pp. 13-26
Author(s):  
Sunil Hazari ◽  
Tiffany Penland
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Web 2.0 Tools ◽  
Business Educators ◽  
Interactive Tools ◽  
Research And Design ◽  
Specific Learning

The use of Web 2.0 tools is becoming widespread in business education and educators are increasingly exploring the use of Blogs, Wikis, and Podcasts in their courses. For teaching and learning to be effective in new technology-based environments, there is a need to research and design Web 2.0 learning systems that are effective platforms for incorporating interactive tools to engage students in learning. Although Web 2.0 assignments are usually tailored to meet specific learning objectives of courses and instructions can be made available to students to address the technical nature of the environment, development and assessment of Web 2.0 assignments remains a challenge for most business educators. Using the context of wikis, this article proposes a framework for development and assessment of business education wikis to assist educators who want to explore the use of wikis in their courses.

Content Areas

2011 ◽  
pp. 24-49
Author(s):  
Lisa Dawley
Keyword(s):  
Learning Experience ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Content Areas ◽  
Online Tool ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Specific Learning ◽  
Over Time

The strengths and weaknesses of each tool are discussed in detail, and educators are taught to match the strengths of the specific tool to the learning objectives they seek to achieve in their courses. Multiple examples of objectives and online learning activities are provided to help instill a deep understanding of the power of each online tool. This leaves you with a long-term ability to adapt your own curriculum over time, because you have learned options for using a variety of online tools to achieve specific learning objectives. Finally, each chapter includes a sample lesson plan that demonstrates how to integrate the tool into the learning experience. These ideas and activities provide tried and true suggestions for creating an online environment that engages and empowers learners for success. And when your students are successful in learning, you are successful in teaching.

Integrating Constructionism and Instructionism in Educational Hypermedia Programs

1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amnon Shabo
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Linear Structure ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Pedagogical Approach ◽  
Original Meaning ◽  
Learning Path ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Linear Instruction ◽  
Educational Hypermedia

In many educational hypermedia programs, the original meaning of hypertext influenced the entire pedagogical approach underlying the programs. This meant that learners were free to navigate, construct, and choose their learning path. In addition, no learning objectives were mandatory, and the processes of hypertext navigation and artifact constructions were emphasized. The problem of this trend was that learners received little feedback to guide them on how to use the non-linear structure, and not all could acquire important skills and knowledge of the subject matter. This article deals with an attempt to integrate linear instruction elements into hypermedia programs in order for learners to benefit from the advantages of both approaches. It offers feedback as a connecting unit in such an integration and suggests a model of feedback that fades in and out, based on the fading-out model of scaffolding traditionally used in the apprenticeship approach. A few projects are described to illustrate these ideas.

Designing and Using Simulations and Games

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn M. Shaw ◽  
Amanda Rosen
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Teaching Tool ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Custom Design ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Methodological Problems ◽  
Considerable Body ◽  
Traditional Class ◽  
Specific Learning

Simulations and games have been used in the international studies classroom for over fifty years, producing a considerable body of literature devoted to their study and evolution. From the earliest use of these techniques in the classroom, instructors have sought to identify and characterize the benefits of these tools for student learning. Scholars note, in particular, the value of simulations and games in achieving specific learning objectives that are not easily conveyed through lecture format. More recent writings have focused on what specific lessons can be conveyed through different types of exercises and have included detailed descriptions or appendices so that others can use these exercises. As simulations and games have become more widely incorporated into the classroom, a growing body of literature has provided instructions on how to custom design simulations to fit instructors’ specific needs. Although initial evaluations of the effectiveness of simulations were methodologically weak and flawed by research design, sampling, or other methodological problems, newer studies have become more sophisticated. Rather than simply arguing that simulations are (or are not) a better teaching tool than traditional class formats, there is greater recognition that simulations are simply one technique of many that can promote student learning. Scholars, however, are still seeking to understand under what conditions simulations and games are especially beneficial in the classroom.

scholarly journals Aprendiendo a través de la enseñanza: programa enfocado a la enseñanza de la lógica de programación desde etapas tempranas en escuelas públicas apoyado por aprendizaje-servicio.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Consuelo Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Technical Training ◽  
Pedagogical Model ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Academic Year

Teachers’own experiences allows them to select appropriate strategies and learning methodologies to design activities that would allow students to stay motivated and achieve the learning objectives of the course. This represents a challenge with the new generation of students that are easily distracted, have little tolerance and patience , and are used to solving problems quickly by simply looking up the information required through an internet search. Before starting the academic year, teachers have to take into account the necessary technological resources to use, in addition to having r edesigned a course according to the institutional pedagogical model, without ignoring their experience in the subject matter. Incorporating the paradigm of learning through teaching, linking it with the service learning methodology and various challenging activities, has an impact not only on technical training but also on the all around education of the students. Better results are achieved in terms of efficiency, effectiveness and quality, as well as boosting students’ commitment and well being, thus esta blishing a good correlation between the student's interests and what we expect them to learn. The main protagonists are the students who teach and learn during the semester, gradually growing in knowledge, managing to construct knowledge themselves thanks to the activities carried out in class, at home and those associated with the service, whilst also benefitting a community with certain needs.

scholarly journals Objectives for a Course in Aircraft Gas Turbines

1974 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Lancaster
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
The Subject

Education is similar to other endeavors in that for effective achievement there must be goals. Hence, teachers should explicitly formulate learning objectives in every course they teach. Teachers usually list only the subject matter. This should be supplemented by precise statements as to what the students are to learn. The statements should be operational. They should be expressed in action words which prescribe what the student is to do, how, and under what conditions he will demonstrate that he can do it. The establishment of objectives is illustrated by developing them for a course in aircraft gas turbines.

scholarly journals Pentingnya Memahami Karakteristik Siswa Sekolah Dasar di SDN Cikokol 2

AS-SABIQUN ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-17
Author(s):  
Nevi Septianti ◽  
Rara Afiani
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Descriptive Approach

This study is based on the existence of learning activities that are less responsive to various individual characteristics. To meet these demands, teachers need to understand students' characteristic. If the teacher in delivering the lesson material less attention to the characteristics of the students and the personality traits of students is not used as a foothold in learning, students will have difficulty understanding the subject matter. Whatever efforts are chosen and performed by the teacher and the lesson designer if they are not based on individual characteristics of the student as subject of learning, then the developed learning will not be meaningful for the students. Characteristics of students is very important to know by educators, because it is very important to be a reference in formulating learning strategies. Learning strategy is developed by teachers and implemented through learning methods to the students so that the learning objectives can be achieved effectively and efficiently. This research uses qualitative descriptive approach and data collection techniques used are interview, observation, and documentation in SDN Cikokol 2.

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