For more than a decade, SoundOut has been sharing some of the very best ways students say they learn in schools. There are specific ways students know they become engaged in class and through Meaningful Student Involvement. Following is a list of different approaches we include. Each is explored on its webpage, along with resources and more. Share your thoughts in the comments section below!
Learning Through Meaningful Student Involvement
- Anytime, Anywhere Learning
- Blended Learning
- Citizenship / Civic Education
- Classroom Management
- Community Engagement
- Differentiated Instruction
- Experiential Education
- Formative Assessment
- Inquiry-Based Learning
- Learning Communities
- Meaningful Student Involvement
- Mindsets
- Participatory Action Research
- Project-Based Learning
- Restorative Justice
- Serving Learning
- Student Created Curriculum
- Student-Centered Learning
- Student-Driven Classroom Evaluation
- Student-Led Communications
- Student-Led Learning
- Student-Led Teacher Training
- Student Empowerment
- Student Engagement
- Student Voice
- Youth-Led Organizing for Education Reform
- Whole Child Approach
- Education researching
- Best practices clubs
- Province-wide research studies
- Questioning school improvement
- Look twice at the budget
- United, youth study schools
- School planning
- Curriculum committees
- Hiring committees
- Student designed courses and curriculum
- School design
- Classroom teaching
- Student-teacher team teaching/student-run classes
- Classroom curriculum
- Student-led teacher training
- Teacher tutors
- Learning evaluation
- Student-led parent conferences
- Student evaluations
- Student/peer evaluations of classroom performance
- Student-based school needs assessments
- Student self-assessments
- Systemic decision-making
- Student government
- School or site councils
- Built into the district
- Infusing students everywhere
- Students on committees
- Elementary students leading action
- Student voice in school building leadership
- Education advocacy
- Student forums
- Student action committees
- Principal advisory councils
- Learner Leaders
- Training for student decision-makers
- Learning to learn
- Technology integration
- Communications
- Circle time
- Student takeover day
SoundOut Teaching Tools
- The SoundOut Student Voice Curriculum is a collection of twenty-seven session plans, a facilitator’s guide, a student handbook and an evaluation guide designed to teach high school students about how they can become partners in changing schools. Units include students as planners, teachers, evaluators, decision-makers and advocates for education.
- The SoundOut Skill Building Lesson Plans features more than 20 workshop outlines designed to help learning groups explore different aspects of Meaningful Student Involvement and Student/Adult Partnerships. All exercises are hands-on, interactive, and focused on taking action. The workshops are designed for learners of all ages, including student-only and adult-only groups.
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