Reflective Journal Entry 3

 

Topics Covered:

Problems Associate with Lack of Relevance

Overview of Relevance

Ways to Increase Relevance in Activities

 

Overview / Summary of Topics:

The problems with low relevance are that some of the activities are viewed as busy work, and students will have low engagement and low retention and application.  The importance of relevance is the perception of how activities benefit learners, greater relevance leads to a greater interest, interest coincides with retention and application, and relevance should not be assumed.  Ways to increase relevance are to associate them with past events, current benefits, and future goals.  Final tips, relevance is secondary to objectives, different responses to different scenarios, and the material won't be relevant to everyone.  

 

Item of Interest:

Learning how to tie relevance into your lessons and the importance of it. 

 

Areas of Help or Clarification:

If you tie a lesson to current and future relevance, is that allowed?

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