Pedagogies of engagement
Pedagogies of engagement are teaching strategies used intentionally to foster student mastery of course concepts through cognitive and emotional engagement. The emphasis is on actively engaging students with learning.
Pedagogies of engagement may be classified based on instructional approaches, learning techniques, learner behavior, and learning outcomes. However, by altering an individual pedagogy by a bit could effectively place that pedagogy in a different category. The following salient pedagogies are classified with due cognizance of possible ambiguity in classification:
Foundational Knowledge, Understanding
Analysis and Critical Thinking
- Academic controversy
- Analytic teams
- Clickers
- Problem identification
- Small group tutorials
- Classification
Synthesis and Creative Thinking
- Team-based concept maps
- Collaborative, synchronous online ideation
- Jigsaw classroom
- Minute Paper
- Directed Paraphrase
- Role play
- Poster sessions
- WebQuests and Wikis
Problem Solving
- Think again!
- Think-Pair-Share
- Case Studies
- Believing and Doubting
- Peer-led team learning
- Team-based learning
- Problem-based learning
- Project-based learning
Application and Performance
Attitudes and Values
Self-awareness
Learning how to learn
- Collaborative assessment
- Student-generated instructional materials
- Scavenger hunt
- Formative quiz
- Student-generated rubrics
Faculty Spotlight
Numerous faculty members employ pedagogies of engagement in their teaching. Below is a sampling of such instructors and where they briefly elucidate their teaching methodologies.
