Abstract
Student engagement and embracing students with accommodations have long been at the forefront of developing future teachers. Assessing the effects of COVID-19 and the long-term implications shifted the overall perception of how the world is redefining teacher education programs and preparing teachers to move forward. One could presume the impact of COVID-19 will be discussed in history classes forever as the pandemic reconfigured learning styles, structures, and supports. Student engagement and supporting students with accommodations explore multiple modalities for best practices in the classroom and encourage students with disabilities and learning differences to be successful. The authors examine best practices for in-person, hybrid, and remote learning environments: Bloom's taxonomy, universal design for learning, and formative assessment. The chapter provides examples of each resource and delves into classroom engagement and accommodations.
TopStudent Engagement
Teacher education will revolutionize how classrooms are developed over the next decade. Educators are constantly researching ways to grow and enhance classrooms and provide new resources for student engagement. Using a variety of descriptive analyses, this chapter provides readers with innovative ways to teach, learn, and assess their students. Different academic subjects benefit from like and unlike resources for student engagement. Technology redefined student learning during the COVID-19 era and will continue to do so post-COVID-19. Technology will continue to promote academic advancement and transform classrooms. Transitioning and having provisions ready to support teacher education and preparation programs will alter thinking to encompass a wide range of teaching tactics as classrooms forge ahead.
When considering resources for student engagement, this chapter explores every level of learning, from pre-kindergarten to elementary school, middle and high school, to the transition to college. As educators consider the different stages of academic development, they will learn to define how education is an essential component to student success and how teacher preparedness ensures continued growth within each individual classroom. Incorporating a variety of ideas from across the globe will revolutionize the usual standards of learning and take classroom and academic development to a new level of scholarship.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Universal Design for Learning (UDL): A framework created to assist in improving and optimizing teaching and learning for all students.
Learning Disability: Neurological difficulties are present and potentially interfere with learning basic skills such as reading, writing, and/or math; oftentimes, these challenges may interfere with higher level skills such as organization, time management, planning, and other executive functions.
Student with Disability: A student who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
Learning/Accommodation Plan: Like IEP/504, but typically used within the private school setting.
Accommodation: Alters the way a student learns or is assessed.
Learning Difference: Understood as another type of learning where an individual may process, understand, or execute tasks in an alternative way.