My motivation for tackling the topic of student engagement stems from seeing the following Gallup Student Poll Survey which asked nearly 500,000 U.S. students from grades 5 to 12 about whether they are engaged with their school.
Link: The School Cliff: Student Engagement Drops With Each School Year
What is alarming about this large study is that it not only indicates a steady decline in engagement as students progress from elementary to high school, but it also implies that one-fourth of students in grades 5 and 6 are not engaged. Therefore, significant disengagement is occurring at even the primary grades.
Although the survey was conducted among U.S. students, my sense is that student sentiment is similar in Ontario. In order to be a successful educator, I need to draw on my classroom and field experiences to search for and determine the causes and solutions for this problem. The purpose of this blog is to serve as a place where I can curate my experience and reflect on my findings.
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