Engagement in Learning Outcomes (children’s engagement in their own learning)

Engagement in Learning Outcomes (children’s engagement in their own learning)

Engagement in learning is:

Description

fully developed

The child:

• is highly curious;
• finds things out and shares what has been found with the teacher and other pupils;
• demonstrates an appetite for new learning and is equipped to pursue their own enquiries;
• shows resilience and perseverance when approaching something new or dealing with their own mistakes.

developing well

The child:

• is curious;
• asks many questions of others but not yet feeling they can find it out for themselves;
• demonstrates an interest in new learning and is beginning to learn how to pursue their own enquiries;
• uses the learning environment to support learning without being prompted – working walls, tip slips, etc.;
• will use their peers for support.

continuing to develop

The child:

• is eager to meet directed expectations but is not yet asking their own questions;
• is keen to please but would rather complete tasks that require little independent thought – will sometimes

stop with the first answer;

• demonstrates an interest in new learning but is not yet driven to extend their own thinking.

beginning to develop

The child:

• is compliant and passive in lessons;
• prefers routine tasks and produces work of a minimum acceptability;
• demonstrates some interest in new learning but prefers easy success - will usually stop with the first answer.

not yet developed

The child:

• demonstrates a disinterest in school life and work;
• finds it difficult to put in more effort than the minimum;
• is disengaged with tasks and appears to see no purpose to their work;
• feels reluctant to seek advice and help (possibly due to embarrassment…) or has no desire to seek

advice and help;

• does not understand their work so becomes disheartened easily;
• has kept trying with their work in the past but has experienced failure so has learned to give up;
• Uses procrastination in order to avoid independent classroom activities i.e. asking to go to the toilet,

sharpening their pencil for a long time, etc.