Full Description
Much has been written about how to engage students in their learning, but very little of it has issued from students themselves. Compiled by one of the leading scholars in the field of student voice, this sourcebook draws on the perspectives of secondary students in the United States, England, Canada, and Australia as well as on the work of teachers, researchers, and teacher educators who have collaborated with a wide variety of students.Highlighting student voices, it features five chapters focused on student perspectives, articulated in their own words, regarding specific approaches to creating and maintaining a positive classroom environment and designing engaging lessons and on more general issues of respect and responsibility in the classroom. To support educators in developing strategies for accessing and responding to student voices in their own classrooms, the book provides detailed guidelines created by educational researchers for gathering and acting upon student perspectives. To illustrate how these approaches work in practice, the book includes stories of how pre-service and in-service teachers, school leaders, and teacher educators have made student voices and participation central to their classroom and school practices. And finally, addressing both practical and theoretical questions, the book includes a chapter that outlines action steps for high school teachers, school leaders, and teacher educators and a chapter that offers a conceptual framework for thinking about and engaging in this work. Bringing together in a single text student perspectives, descriptions of successful efforts to access them in secondary education contexts, concrete advice for practitioners, and a theoretical framework for further exploration, this sourcebook can be used to guide practice and support re-imagining education in secondary schools of all kinds, and the principles can be adapted for other educational contexts.
Contents
Introduction Learning from the Student's Perspective: Why It's Important, What to Expect, and Important Guidelines; Part I Students' Perspectives on Effective Classroom Practice; Chapter 1 Knowing Students, Jossi Fritz-Mauer, Jessica Mitra Mausner; Chapter 2 Creating and Maintaining a Positive Classroom Environment, Jossi Fritz-Mauer, Jessica Mitra Mausner; Chapter 3 Designing Engaging Lessons, Jossi Fritz-Mauer, Jessica Mitra Mausner; Chapter 4 Respect, Jossi Fritz-Mauer, Jessica Mitra Mausner; Chapter 5 Responsibility, Jossi Fritz-Mauer, Jessica Mitra Mausner; Part II Strategies for Learning from Students' Perspectives; Chapter 6 Accessing Students' Perspectives through Three Forms of Consultation, Helen Demetriou; Chapter 7 Accessing Students' Perspectives through Discussion Groups and Questionnaires, Kathleen Cushman; Part III Listening in Action: Educators Learning from Students' Perspectives; Chapter 8 Learning to Be Heard and Learning to Listen, Darla Himeles; Chapter 9 Rethinking Listening to Students, Brandon Clarke; Chapter 10 Beyond "Wiggle Room", Marsha Rosenzweig Pincus; Chapter 11 Student Voice on a High School Decisionmaking Team, Peter M. Evans; Chapter 12 A Schoolwide Model for Student Voice in Curriculum Development and Teacher Preparation, Lois Easton, Daniel Condon; Chapter 13 Students E-Mailing Prospective Teachers; Chapter 14 Students Mentoring Student Teachers, Bernadette Youens; Part IV Conclusions; Chapter 15 Returning to Perspective and Taking Action; Chapter 16 Translating Schools and Educators;
