{"id":131,"date":"2015-08-27T08:59:20","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T07:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/?p=131"},"modified":"2015-08-27T08:59:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T07:59:20","slug":"school-engagement-dont-let-schooling-get-in-the-way-of-an-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/2015\/08\/27\/school-engagement-dont-let-schooling-get-in-the-way-of-an-education\/","title":{"rendered":"School Engagement – don’t let schooling get in the way of an education"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Nicky Murray<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t let schooling get in the way of an education has been cited since the time of Huckleberry Finn. It defines education and schools as two sides of a coin. As a Head Teacher I believe the context for non-engagement suggests schools have built the capacity of the child to demand more from themselves and their education by enabling them to apply their learning elsewhere. This is happening at an increasingly early age due to the investment in early year\u2019s education and quality of our schools.<\/p>\n

Youth is marked by transitions; nursery to primary, primary to secondary and so on. These types of transition can be daunting for young people, so children choose to control what they can control and as a defence mechanism are engaging with the belief that real learning occurs out with the classroom anywhere and anytime. This must be partly attributed to the experiences children have in school but, as has been suggested, they are unable to make connections to. I strongly believe we must help children become active partners in their learning by shifting the focus from teaching to learning.<\/p>\n

The ability to move from compliance to engagement will take time and, as Trish says, the right mindset. Education is about lighting a flame and if 4\/10 children are not engaged with schools it possibly suggests they are still at the compliant stage in this setting. They perhaps, as Margo suggests, haven\u2019t been able to make connections in the importance and relevance of their experiences in school. We, as communities have to support all our children to persevere on tasks and be more resilient in their thinking about an education so engagement can occur. Nothing in this life worth having comes easy. Being engaged at any level requires commitment and we need to support our children make sense of this and repair any disconnect the children have with the type of learning which occurs in schools. If children are not engaging with schools the question is who, why or what are they engaging with? I have offered one possible notion; control due to the precarious nature of social, emotional and academic transitions in education for young people may perpetuate this disconnect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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