True learning is inherently an internal process.
Responsibility begins with the student.
So the question is:
Build your classroom on a foundation of curiosity and internal drive, learning partnerships, and student empowerment. Create flow and ease, while bringing joy back into education, through co-constructed learning journeys.
As a middle and high school science teacher, I struggled with student engagement. I wondered why my students didn’t seem to care? Why weren’t they curious? Why didn’t they get how cool this stuff really was!?
I burnt myself out with late nights of lesson planning, endless grades to “hold students accountable,” and long days in class as I fought to keep their attention, stretch their motivation, and push my students to learn.
I didn’t realize there was a path with less resistance.
Student-owned science classrooms.
In student-owned science classrooms,
Reevaluate how we launch science learning in order to better engage and motivate our students to step up and into their own learning journey.
Rethink how we get our students from “A to Z” in order to reach curriculum goals while empowering students to take more responsibility for their experience and meet their own needs.
Transform our role in the classroom from teacher to guide to create space for exploration and discovery in order to deepen learning and improve understanding and retention
What are phenomena?
How do we choose phenomena?
How do we engage our students with it?
What are learning journeys?
How do we help students get from the anchor to the end-goal?
How do we plan for learning but remain responsive to students?
What is exploration?
How do we create exploration experiences?
How do we guide discovery and help students achieve their “aha!”?
Reimagine science teaching to create classrooms filled with wonder and ease through co-constructed learning journeys.