Academic boredom is ubiquitous, and it leads to a range of adverse learning outcomes. Given that students often make estimates of how boring lectures are, does anticipating a lecture to be boring shape their actual experience of boredom?
During this event, dr. Wijnand van Tilburg (Essex University UK, Ig Nobel prize winner 2023) will give a lecture on boredom and other achievement emotions in education. Followed by some examples from Radboud University practice on positive student engagement.
Keynote | The Costs and Benefits of Achievement Emotions in the Classroom by dr. Wijnand van Tilburg (3 pm – 3.50 pm)
Emotions are at the heart of learning and teaching. By shaping cognitive processes, motivation, and behaviour, they can benefit or hinder memory and attention in students, spark their curiosity and academic ambitions, and alter grade performance and attendance, to name just a few. In this talk, I discuss the ways in which emotions affect these outcomes, and how the learning environment - including teacher practice and curriculum design - can help cultivate beneficial emotions over detrimental ones. Special attention will be given to boredom in classrooms, and the experimental and field-studies that have helped us to understand how this emotion affects students and lecturers.
Pitches | Examples from Radboud University (3.50 pm – 4 pm)
Sharing examples from Radboud University practice on positive student engagement.
Drinks & Discussions (4 pm – 5 pm)
Have a drink and join the round table discussions guided by the colleagues who shared some inspiring examples. Together, we will explore in more depth how we can foster positive student engagement in our own teaching contexts.
