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Effective Teaching Practices that Maximizes Student Engagement: Article Review

This article claim that an effective teaching can help students engage more in learning.

Engagement refers to participation in school events(Behavioral), positive understanding

from feedbacks(Emotional) and hardwork render for studies(cognitive). These three

performs cooperatively. What cometh to the emotion of the learner especially when he/she

take the learning in a positive side, it will be seen to his/her behavior. The behavior will lead

the student to its cognitive performance. When the behavior shows that there is engagement

to the lesson, the student will do their task effectively.

These interactions are possible with the help of potent teachers and their teaching style:

First, modeling is demonstrating good behavior. Modeling sets teacher as the first example

of performing good behavior. Second, opportunities to respond mean that the lessons are

factual, teaching procedures are organize and accepts choral and individual response from

students. It shows that learning should be applicable on the scenario in this world. Lastly,

feedback considers one of the most powerful tool to improve students (p.9). It is powerful

because the students get response and provided steps to accomplish their task better next

time. Feedback appreciates the job-well-done task, encourages to maintain and work harder

next time and sometimes it could be part where you honestly told the student their weakness

and areas to develop. These teaching practices leads students to involve themselves in

learning.

In reflection, Teaching Redemptively talks about teacher as model. It explains that a

teacher performs role that of Redeemer fulfills. So teachers as a main model in the classroom,

they need to portray a Christ like attitude. I can relate this to my experience: There is a fiesta

exactly in the place I had my Vacation Church School teaching. Although I do not have any

intention to dance at the disco but I was force by my friends, so I follow. As I went inside,

my VCS students come after me and asked, Are you also dancing tonight maam? I learned

that night that what values I am teaching should be seen in my action.

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The truth there is teacher should be the first set role model a student could follow in

classroom. On Biblical truth, Jesus set himself as the living example. Although he became a

man, he was not distracted by the worlds temptation. He is the best model who stand on

what the Father wants him to. He stand as the leader of the 12 disciples in telling and

educating everyone of the truth. The truth is human should be the image bearer of God, the

creation and worship Him. People should possess the values He wanted and later on be a

model to the next generation.

Finally, feedback may be mentioned in this article as one of the powerful teaching

practices to engage students, but let us be aware of one thing. By not having an appropriate

approach of feedback, it can hurt students. The authors missed to show both possible effect

of feedback which becomes distortion: they have pick evidences that supports only their idea.

To fix this, the author may show other effects of feedback and two approaches of feedback.

Either teachers approach a positive or negative feedback, be aware of tone. This is not

written on the article but this is what come to my mind while I am reading to it. Fill tone

with gladness when approving students work. And be honest but sympathetic in giving

negative feedback. Moreover do not leave student with just a bad news, be an adviser and

instruct them of what to do for their improvement.

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References

Harbour, K. E., Evanovich, L. L., Sweigart, C. A., & Hughes, L. E. (2015). A Brief Review

of Effective Teaching Practices That Maximize Student Engagement. Preventing

School Failure, 59(1), 5-13. doi:10.1080/1045988X.2014.919136

Graham, D. L. (2009). The Roles Teachers Fulfill. In Teaching Redemptively: Bringing

Grace and Truth into Your Classroom (2nd ed.). Purposeful Design Publications.