Student Voice: Situational? Optional? Or Essential?
The Huffington Post will be promoting various Student Voice articles prior to the Student Voice Live! summit on April 13th.
The following is from Clement Coulston:
At the beginning of our existence, we grew quickly through the stages of maturity until we became the people we are today. During early development we acquire understanding of the freedoms, choices, and rules that structure how our society functions, through hands-on exploration, curiosity and questioning, and a desire to model behaviors of those around us. However, to the child, equity is determined on a peer-to-peer basis on who is given “extra playtime” or another refill of juice. Children conceptualize the world in terms of “what I have” verses “what you have” and distinguish those differences that comprise these inequities. Through time, we may begin to learn and struggle with how equity is applicable to other aspects of life. One of these inequities is the lack of awareness, value and need for the Student Voice.
One may be thinking, “What do you mean by ‘the Student Voice?’” Students are, after all, attending schools, participating in sports, and choosing to undertake extra-curricular activities outside the classroom. Students may have long breaks from school (in contrast to the typical 9-5 work week) or even have snow days! The lives of students seem to be that of freedom; but I challenge one to deepen his or her understanding of the designated
The following is from Clement Coulston:
At the beginning of our existence, we grew quickly through the stages of maturity until we became the people we are today. During early development we acquire understanding of the freedoms, choices, and rules that structure how our society functions, through hands-on exploration, curiosity and questioning, and a desire to model behaviors of those around us. However, to the child, equity is determined on a peer-to-peer basis on who is given “extra playtime” or another refill of juice. Children conceptualize the world in terms of “what I have” verses “what you have” and distinguish those differences that comprise these inequities. Through time, we may begin to learn and struggle with how equity is applicable to other aspects of life. One of these inequities is the lack of awareness, value and need for the Student Voice.
One may be thinking, “What do you mean by ‘the Student Voice?’” Students are, after all, attending schools, participating in sports, and choosing to undertake extra-curricular activities outside the classroom. Students may have long breaks from school (in contrast to the typical 9-5 work week) or even have snow days! The lives of students seem to be that of freedom; but I challenge one to deepen his or her understanding of the designated
