Engaging Students in Learning

As many of you know, ASCD's Whole Child Initiative is based on the belief that students must be healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. Since we launched the Whole Child Web site just over two years ago, we have noticed the resources we've posted about engaging students have received the most traffic. We think this could be because most educators know that we need to engage students in learning, but they are having difficulty doing so in light of the mounting pressures of assessment and acocuntability.

To respond to this need, ASCD created a new e-book, Engaging the Whole Child: Reflections on Best Practices in Learning, Teaching, and Leadership, which is available for free download through May 6. The e-book includes a collection of articles from Educational Leadership by renowned authors such as Carol Ann Tomlinson, Richard Sagor, Nell Noddings, Thomas R. Guskey, and Allison Zmuda. The articles address how to inspire trust and confidence, deepen students' thinking, instill the desire to achieve, build on student interests, and more.

How do you engage students in learning? Share your thoughts here.