CourseworkEducational Research and TheoryInclusive Teaching PracticesITL528 Single Subject Integrated Design IINational UniversityStudent Engagement Strategies
Creating A Classroom Environment Conducive to Learning
A primary focus of ITL526 and now this course has been centered on creating rich learning experiences that are engaging, accessible to all, and tightly aligned with the content and skills of your lessons. Central to this is creating the appropriate scaffolds and supports to meet every student at their developmentally appropriate level, or what Vygotsky described as being within their “Zone of Proximal Development.” Yet, you can have the most engaging, accessible, and authentic lesson plan, but if you have not created a classroom environment conducive to learning, it will all be for naught because students only learn when...