Disengagement in mathematics class is becoming an issue in school; this is where the student turns off from the desired characters in a class environment during the instruction period. (Cairns,2018)This is brought up by the following concerns that need to be taken into consideration in order to overcome disengagement. The expectations that are set for the students must be achievable when the expectations are so difficult for the learner to achieve leads to lose of hope and learner may develop a fear of the task and sees him/herself incapable of tackling the mathematics problem. This leads to develop a negative attitude towards the task and hence loss of concentration in the classroom work, secondly when the learner thinks that the context being instructed is irrelevant leads to loose of morale and motivation to get engaged in classroom activities. Some of the mathematics concepts is abstract making the student register in the mind that the content is not applicable anywhere, hence the teacher is just wasting time delivering content that is irrelevant, thirdly the relation that is created between the student and the teacher plays a great role in gaining the concentration of the student in class and also help in making student get engaged in classroom activities, poor relation leads to the development of negative attitude toward the main discipline in class, (Solomon,2016) This leads to lose of concentration due to the developed attitude. Stress at home and at school also is a factor that may lead to disengagement of the student in school, if the student does not have e the capability of coping with the stress both at school and at home, definitely concentration toward the school activities will be lost. Mathematics needs a lot of concentration hence the teacher should ensure that the student is fully active. (Attard, 2014)
In my analysis, in a classroom environment, the student behavior was problematic, teach hers were unable to determine the cause of such huge change in behavior, most of the leaners were not ready to learn or engage in any class activity.( Montuoro, 2018) Most of the issues that arose out of classroom disagreement are a failure to complete the homework the student was given to accomplish; this issue was rampant in most of the mathematics classes. Teachers went the extra mile to provide sources of research which can assist the student to tackle the given homework, but still, there was reluctant of students to finish the homework. Some of the students were failing to attempt even as a single question on the given homework. In my study I noticed that most of the students were ignorant to do the assignment, luck of attempting the question shows that the student was not interested in learning or doing the task, some of the causes that lead to student failing to attempt the assignment were; The student took the homework as a burden to them, some said that the work was made to punish them rather than for the purpose of gaining the knowledge, some student were not even concern whether the work is important or not. This showed that the majority of the students were not ready to do the work and they had detached themselves from the classroom activities’. (McDermott, 2017) Some cases showed that student reluctance was due to lack of self-confidence and self-drive. Through the implementation of a system that is student-centered and gives the student a platform to express themselves on how their view classroom homework, they could have come up with ideas that leads to the solution of their disengagement which deviates them from the normal duty. (Menesini, 2015)
Classroom Disengagement
In extreme cases, a student in the classroom is disruptive to the extent of causing violence. This issue is brought by the student not understanding the environment they are and how they are supposed to handle their self in the classroom. On my analysis the student concentration in class was very low some, hence shifting concentrate on other issues outside the main purpose, this leads to shifting the mind in other activities that stimulate violent, in case of misunderstanding between the students. Other student carried their outside class issue in class and when the class is continuing they shift their concentration from the core business brought them in class and started solving their issues in class hence losing concentration. (Girardet, 2017) This made them be passive rather than active. Through my analysis I found out that some student due to lack of concentration and taking classroom as a boring place, especially during the mathematics lesson and a place where they’re forced to be they had to bring disruption in order to disrupt the teacher while teaching, hence forcing the teacher to stop teaching and engage in solving issues. This issue had an aim to disrupt the class and stop studies. This brought into concern that teachers should come up with means of retaining the attention of the learners in the classroom while giving out instruction in order to achieve the stated general objective of learning. I noted a lack of knowing the purpose of studies that brought some of this issue, hence teachers have to come up with the methods of showing the student how important is mathematics and disadvantage of disruption and violence in a classroom environment. (Thornberg, 2018)
Due to development of industries and factors that support the success of the business, the global requires candidate who has mix up of skills and also experience in which the current method of delivering information and curriculum do not support, the current curriculum is mostly concerned in delivering of content to the student, in which the student is expected to absorb the whole content without engaging in the application of the content , this makes graduate more of content than being practical which is needed in the 21st century. (Sloan, 2014) There gaps that need to be filled in the present curriculum in order to make graduate more fit to the evolving industries, some of the improvement needed is that they should use multi-model way of delivering information to the learners, an example use of animation and pictures lead to retention of content . Learning the process demonstrated on the moving animation help in memory retention and is easy to practice what the student sees than what the student hears. This makes the student capable of competing in the global environment when seeking for employment. Practicals should be incorporated into the current curriculum, content only does not make the learners qualify in doing the task itself, hence through the incorporation of practical’s makes learning interesting and through practical’s learning is easy, and the learner is fit to work after graduating. VCE unit in mathematics should comprise a general IT (information technology), due to the gradual advancement of technology a graduate without any basic knowledge of IT is termed as unfit , because every organization system comprises of hardware and software’s that requires to be handled by a person with IT knowledge, this means that the current curriculum should incorporate IT programs.
Design Think Methodology
Incorporating design think method in the classroom the learners will be innovative and think critically when handling the task, this will make the student gain more skills and knowledge to handle the task. (Bellini, 2017)
Learning through practical method is the approach that I propose for innovation in studying which will help learners to get actively involved in learning. This approach will help in overcoming the issues of disengagement in the classroom. (Fenton, 2014) The approach makes learners concentrate on the classroom activities and be actively involved fully. Learning is more of doing than listening, through doing learners become innovative and can be able to handle any task related to the concept mathematics concept learned. Learning through practical method eliminates the ideology of mathematics is irrelevant, hence by the practical method the learner will be able to learn that concept and activities in class work are applicable. The student should also be engaged in field and allow them to search for new ideas; this makes them be superior because they have attained the knowledge themselves. (Akidau, 2015)
Digital literacy is where learners use programmed or applications designed for problem-solving or open-ended learning in the classroom. Such programs include digital technology for word searching, the medium of translation and others for solving of problems, digital literacy is important in the classroom because it motivates learners due to enjoyment and ease of use various technological medium it allows the student to create and design their own products. (Sefton-Green, 2016) Reflective of their personality and their learning need, allows student share their learning experience with both teachers and peers, they also allow learners to explore technological medium which makes them increase their job skills that the employee needs. Hence digital technology is important in the classroom as it makes learners’ environment conducive for studying. (Hartley, 2017)
Multimodal allows the student to learn through multiple sensory modalities. Combination of all multimodal in learning leads to effective learning; retention and active learning, some of the multimodal learning include the use of the auditory and visual method or combining the two while delivering content and tactile modality also is applicable in giving out of instruction. (Menze, 2015) combination of this model leads to perfection in delivering of the content. Combination of graphics and auditory in delivering content earns the retention of the learner. A picture is said to be ‘worth a thousand words’ this is true. A student will concentrate more on the picture than just words this tend to stick to the student memory for a long time. Incorporation of auditory and visual in delivering of content will help in overcoming of disengagement in a classroom situation. Graphics one can use charts or model’s to demonstrate a concept; auditory is delivering of content as learners pay attention and listen or use of Radio as a mean of delivering content, this will gain learners attention and classroom objective will be attained. (Han, 2015)
Discussion method
This involves grouping of the student into the manageable group and gives them, a task to tackle. The teacher should be there to monitor the group in order to avoid student deviating from order and also to guide them where required. This method is efficient because the student learns better from others, this method also caters for a shy student who fails to participate in classroom activities. But with another student, he/she will participate fully. Discussion help student to learn new knowledge from each other, and student is able to build a relationship with each other. This method is encouraged because it enables the student to challenge each other during the discussion and learn new knowledge.
Brainstorming is where the teacher structures critical questions and asks randomly in the class to brainstorm the student; this helps the teacher to measure if the concept is understood or if the student is revising. The teacher can also choose one student to lead others in brainstorming lesson. These help the student to be active and think faster; it also helps in retaining the information for a longer period of time. The debate is whereby the teacher or the student come up with the topic to be debated. Debate helps the student to gain courage, develop communication skills, build their language and as well as gain knowledge while arguing. (Goswami, 2017)
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