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Too good not to pass on….

http://smartblogs.com/education/2013/06/21/how-to-give-students-a-voice-in-their-education/

 

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How to give students a voice in their education

By Pernille Ripp on June 21st, 2013 | Comments(5)

 

Those who know me, know that student voice is one of my biggest passions in education. And not just any student voice, but including the voice of my students, all students, in the education that is being done to them every day. And yet, when I discuss student voice, many people assume it is just another quaint term for student engagement. The truth is that it is so much more. Student voice means giving students power to change the way education is happening, to offer them an outlet and an audience, to have their voices heard. To change the way I teach.

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Explanding learning opportunities

Here’s a post from Annie Paul about “intelligence.”  We need to expand our ideas about what it means to be “smart” and how we “get there.”  Here are some ideas:

 

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/06/eight-ways-of-looking-at-intelligence/

8 Ways of looking at intelligence, Annie Paul

’ll end by reminding you of something I mentioned earlier in this article, about seeing your role as one of “situation creator,” and by asking you: What situations can you create, or help your students create for themselves, that will give them a sense that they are not numbers in a database, but members of a community?

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