Enabling Student Voice in Everyday Lessons | Transform.Ed Briefing #127
Inside the Briefing: From enabling student voices to fostering meaningful engagement - unpacking how student voice, agency, and co-agency are reshaping classrooms within and beyond.
Big Ideas 💡
Youth Voice: Here's Why Policy Makers Need To Bring Inclusive Reforms In Education
By Kelvin Karanja | .ed Magazine
8 Ways to Empower Student Voice in Your Classroom
By Jennifer Snelling | ISTE
Poll of the Week 📊
Poll Results from Last Week
In response to the question “What methods/strategies do you most often use to amplify student voice in your classroom?” the breakdown of results is as follows:
About half of the respondents believe that assigning classroom roles and responsibilities helps amplify student voices in the classroom, while the remaining were evenly split between group discussions and the use of digital platforms for expression.
Would you like to discuss these results or share your thoughts in the community?
Policy Pulse 🏛
Conceptual Learning Framework » Student Agency for 2030
By OECD
The OECD’s groundbreaking "Student Agency for 2030" reimagines education for a complex world. It argues that students must evolve from passive learners into proactive co-creators of their journey, equipped to tackle uncertainty, drive positive change, and thrive. This shift enables learners to harness knowledge responsibly and shape a better future.
Key Insights:
Active Learning Increases Motivation: When students actively decide what and how they learn, they show higher motivation and tend to set their own learning goals.
Learning to Learn: Student agency fosters the essential lifelong skill of learning how to learn.
Multifaceted Agency: Students apply agency in moral, social, economic, and creative areas, for instance, using moral judgment to consider others' rights and needs.
Essential Foundation Skills: To fully exercise agency, students must develop basic cognitive, emotional, and social skills.
Cultural Interpretations: The concept of student agency isn’t universally defined; its understanding and expression differ across languages and cultural contexts. Despite varying interpretations, many countries are increasingly prioritizing student agency in their education systems.
Beyond Teaching: In agency-focused education systems, learning goes beyond teaching and assessment to include the co-construction of knowledge.
Co-Agency: It refers to collaborative efforts among students, teachers, parents, and communities to support student progress and shared goals.
Global Events for Your Calendar 🗓
Jul 07 | FREE EVENT » Practice Educators Community of Practice
This is an Online Event hosted by SAPHNA (via Eventbrite).
Jul 09 | FREE EVENT » Every Student, Every Need: A Fireside Chat on Scaling Personalized Tutoring with Purpose
This is an Online Event hosted by the edWeb.
Jul 15-16 | PAID EVENT » CompCon - Comprehension Conference
This is an Online Event hosted by Smekens Education Solutions.
Lights, Camera, Education 🎬
Film » Speak
Inspired by Laurie Halse Anderson’s groundbreaking novel, this poignant drama follows Melinda, a high school freshman silenced by trauma after a sexual assault. Through an art class that becomes her sanctuary, she slowly reclaims her voice, showcasing how creative expression can empower students to process pain, challenge isolation, and ultimately speak their truth.
Documentary » Rise: Voice of a New Generation
Stepping into one of America’s most progressive schools, this stirring documentary reveals how One Stone’s students co-create curricula, assess peers, and even hire faculty. Through a year of triumphs and setbacks, it captures youth not just learning about leadership, but living it.
Courses and Learning 🧑💻
Self-Paced Course » Learner Agency in Practice
By Friday Institute and North Carolina State College of Education (via Class Central)
Books 📚
Student Voice Revolution: The Meaningful Student Involvement
By Adam F.C. Fletcher
Community Connect 💭
In what ways are you currently enabling your students to take ownership of their learning, and how might deepening their agency transform not just outcomes, but their identity as lifelong learners?
Share your ideas on our community post.
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