Abstract
There is a need for traditional curriculum to evolve and integrate all aspects of learning. It is no longer enough to seek excellence through academic outcomes and achievements, but necessary for curriculums to be inclusive and eagerly incorporate more holistic and experiential learning. This study takes elements of aesthetic and experiential learning methods, and combines them with the potential of educational connoisseurship to create a new method of learning. This study demonstrates the capabilities of personalised trends based learning methods and how they enhance student engagement levels. An initial baseline trend survey was conducted to establish the favorite trends of the sample population, followed by 14 lesson interventions using the trends based learning model. A quantitative assessment tool was used to measure student engagement during the interventions, and to assess the effectiveness of trends based learning, compared to the UK National curriculum. Through the analysis of mean engagement scores, the study found that trends based learning methods have, not only the ability to enhance engagement levels in the classroom, but to an almost perfect level. It was found to enhance the engagement levels of SEN students to the degree where they achieved high levels of engagement during all lessons and were completely inclusive in the classroom. These results have implications for how students can achieve an advanced level of engagement in the classroom, will little to no focus drop off and highlight the need to create curriculum content that is all inclusive and relatable to the modern day learner.
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TRENDS BASED LEARNING, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, AESTHETIC LEARNING
