Engagement. What Is It? How Is It Measured? How To Bring It To The Astronomy Course?
TalkSpecial Topic: Evaluation
6th Shaw-IAU Workshop
Wednesday Nov. 13, 2024
UTC: 1:45 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. America/New_York: 8:45 a.m.- 8:50 a.m.
Thursday Nov. 14, 2024
UTC: 6:15 p.m. - 6:20 p.m. America/New_York: 1:15 p.m.- 1:20 p.m.
Cuauhtemoc Mendez (Tec de Monterrey / TRIBU cultura astronómica)
This study defines Engagement as what students do beyond passing the course. This allows a clear idea of how to identify and measure it (Formanek, Buxner, Impey, & Wenger, 2019).
The students mentioned having shared the learnings achieved in the course with their family and Friends. This is one od the aspects that generate educational engagement (Fernández-Zabala, Goñi, Camino, & Zulaika, 2015).
Using engagement measurement tolos allows for continuous improvement of the course (both in its topics and in the strategies used).
About Cuauhtemoc Mendez
Cuauhtemoc Mendez teaches sciences at Tec de Monterrey campus Guadalajara. He runs the NGO TRIBU cultura astronómica in charge of an Astronomy outreach program. The three columns of this NGO are: Public Contents, Education, and Astrotourism.
