Monday, February 24, 2020

Culturing a Learner-Driven Classroom



Perhaps you're a teacher and you have attended a professional development session on the topic of creating learner-centered classrooms. A growing body of research is fueling the interest in how teachers can culture such classroom environments. Some of that research focuses on the topic of Choice. Who – the teacher or the student – chooses what to learn, how to learn, from what resources to learn it, and what evidences will be provided to demonstrate that learning occurred? Choice, when made by the learner, empowers the learner to become more invested in their learning. Educator and SketchNote artist Sylvia Duckworth provides us with a Continuum of Choice. If you're a teacher, study the continuum and plot out some ways that you can hand an increased amount of the reigns of the learning process over to your students. 

And to view more great SketchNotes by Sylvia Duckworth, visit her collection at … 



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