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Engagement & Arts- Based Strategies

School / Teacher ___________________

Richard Benjamin, School Transformation Project Director ( richardbenjamin7@gmail.com  )

Indicator

Initiating

Becoming

Achieving

Leading

1.  Affiliation/Belonging

Ma(2003)

 

 

High level of student interaction, small groups collaborating to research or create

Personally buy in to continuing or expanding the learning project.

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2. Choice

Landfond & Purdy (1999)

 

 

Students have a choice in methods, specific interest within the assigned topic, or VAK type of inquiry or delivery

Students have a variety of choices in methods, specific interest within the assigned topic, and KAK type of inquiry or delivery

Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

3.  Affirmation

 

 

Outside people affirm worth of creations

Outside people visibly familiar with the ‘rubric’ appropriate for the creation or activity affirm worth

Evidence:

 

 

 

 

4. Authenticity

 

 

Clear relevance to standards and to real life.  Authentic Intellectual Work

 

Evidence:

 

 

 

 

5. Novelty

 

 

Demonstrably has students into something new, unique and intriguing

 

Evidence:

 

 

 

 

6. Meaningful

 

 

Personally meaningful and relevant. Engagement derives meaning from the focus statement or deepening questions in the unit.

Able to relate meaning to the ‘greater good’ of class, school , community and etc.

Evidence:

 

 

 

 

7. Challenge

Miller & Meece (1999)

 

 

Appropriate level of difficulty; multiple levels addressing difficulty and learning styles

Willing to attempt difficult material; willing to achieve less than 100% success to learn something new

Evidence:

 

 

 

 

8.  Enjoyment

Kelm & Connell (2004)

Erwin (2006)

 

 

Students demonstrate enthusiasm and passion for learning, stay with activity and demonstrate FLOW

Communicate passion for learning to others.

Evidence:

 

 

 

 

9.  Interest

Hunter & Csikszentmihalyi (2003)

 

Connections with prior knowledge

Connections with prior knowledge and interests

Relates to more than one subject and/or interest

Evidence:

 

 

 

 

     Engagement & Arts- Based Strategies

School / Teacher ___________________

Richard Benjamin, School Transformation Project Director ( richardbenjamin7@gmail.com  )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directions:  Individually or collaboratively review a DRAFT Unit, or Inquiry Center, or other Unit activity, and, using the blank line after each criteria, in the appropriate cell from “becoming” to “leading” quote from the unit under review to indicate where you feel the unit ranks for each criteria.

Sources:     Philip Schlechty – Working On The Work (Affiliation, Choice, Affirmation, Authenticity, Novelty)        William Scott – Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation 2009Challenge, Choice, Enjoyment, Belonging/Affiliation, Interest, Personally Meaningful/Engaging

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