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This book creates recommendations for methods to increase classroom engagement, specifically in classrooms consisting of art/design students within a dual enrollment setting. The recommendations follow the investigation of literature and the examination of studies related to engagement features of young college students who are studying graphic design. This work examines factors that potentially reduce classroom connectivity, and looks deeper into how those factors play a role in the engagement levels of students. I begin with a focus on overall classroom engagement followed by a closer look at engagement of early college students in the graphic design classroom. After an examination of the literature, I reveal ways instructors can improve their instruction to connect as deeply as possible with as many students as possible.
About the author
Kelly has worked as a professional photographer since 2005 and as a graphic designer since 1993. She has spent a lifetime teaching others the skills she has learned during these years and finally became a graphic design instructor in 2014. She has an art gallery in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and resides on a farm in a rural southwest Michigan community.
