Empowering Student Voice Through Classroom Culture
Elisabeth Bostwick Posted 02/17/2015 12:31PM |
an excerpt:
“Educators grasp the importance of team building, but to take it further in order to shift the culture, I utilize Laurie S. Frank’s “Journey Toward the Caring and Collaborative Classroom 2nd Edition: Using Adventure to Create Community.” The structures are designed intentionally to support the development of students into responsible risk takers within the framework of experiential learning. Students participate in collaborative activities that work through the stages of cooperation, trust, problem solving and challenge. The debriefing period at the end of each activity is where students make growth in their ability to process, reflect, and emote. This is the foundation of student voice in the classroom as they progress though stages of growth…”
http://www.edutopia.org/discussion/empowering-student-voice-through-classroom-culture
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