Intellectual Empowerment Strategies
Click on the link and review at least two of the strategies you want to learn more about:
Strategies to Promote Intellectual Empowerment:
Authentic Learning
Capstone Project
Community-Based Learning
Demonstrations of Learning
Personal learning plans
Personalized Learning
Portfolios
Project-Based Learning
Formative Assessment:
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What strategies did you review? Think about how you could implement these
strategies in your classroom?
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Student Engagement: Students as Partners...
View the video to the left to learn more. (3:38 mins.)
Video Reflection Questions
1. Why is it important to incorporate students in their learning?
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2. In what ways do you engage students in
your classroom?
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3. How can you help students share their
ideas and gain real-life experiences?
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The difference between engaged environments and empowered environments (Julian, 2017).
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Engaged Environments Empowered Environments
Attentive and committed Attentive and committed
to our curriculum to their interests
“preparing for jobs” “preparing themselves for anything”
Teachers working to Teachers working on
“making it interesting” “tapping into their interests”
You must learn _____ What do you want to learn?
Giving choice Inspired possibilities
Following the beaten path Making your own path
Taking an assessment Assessing your own learning
Consuming Creating
Differentiated instruction Personalized learning
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Additional Resources
The links below provide additional resources on
intellectual empowerment practices:
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Marzano Resources-Connecting Student’s Lives Worksheet / Review Answers
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EdCan Network-Intellectual Engagement: A Search for Practical Meaning
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Learner's Edge-Moving Beyond Student Engagement to Student Empowerment
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Answer the following question on your PLM worksheet.
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1. In your own words, explain the difference between an engaged environment vs an empowered environment?
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