Engaging Students with Constructive Instruction
- emmaleighamunro
- May 22, 2015
- 1 min read
In connective instruction, the teacher helps students make personal connections to the class, content, and learning. The power of connective instruction comes from the instructor helping students see the curriculum as critical to their current lives, their future, and their culture. Six instructor behaviors play into creating high quality relationships:
Promoting relevance: relating content to students' lives.
Conveying care: understanding learners' perspectives.
Concern for students' well-being: demonstrating knowledge of students' lives.
Providing affirmation: telling students they are capable of doing well; using praise, written feedback, and opportunities for success.
Relating to students through humor: showing that you enjoy working with young people (not as a class, as individuals).
Enabling self-expression: connecting learning and identity by encouraging students' expression of ideas, values, and conceptions of self.
-Article by Todd Finley
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