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HOW TO INCREASE STUDENT OWNERSHIP IN YOUR CLASSROOM-ideas & tips

Author: Noble High
by Noble High
Posted: Apr 18, 2017

Give power to your students to take ownership of learning themselves. It does not mean days full of texts, non-educational movies and zero-learning. It is not the same as rejecting control of your classroom. Student empowerment means students taking ownership of what they learn, it means helping them take control of their own education.

Some of the schools that could be claimed to be in the top 10 schools in Gurgaon believe in having engaged, interested, and empowered students in their class. Noble High is one of those top 10 schools in Gurgaon which believes that student ownership is the level of investment a learner has in learning, teaching and leadership anywhere throughout the education system.

Educators at Noble High work towards promoting student ownership in classrooms. They have come up with 5 easy strategies to help students in increasing their ownership:

1. Eliminate ‘Fear of Missing Out’

Nearly all students can identify with ‘Fear of Missing Out’. To make learning interesting try these interesting ideas. You can hang signs in the classroom that give hints as to what will be taught in the classroom. For example, if you’re going to do a unit on Mahatma Gandhi, you could just take his famous phrases or quotes. Don’t tell your students, let them guess and keep them engaged. Give perks or rewards to them when they volunteer to answer questions. Give them extra credit points or late work passes or just chocolates.

Both of these ideas will get students engaged because they will see others participating and would want to do the same. Best of all, it requires minimum effort on your part.

2. Give students choices when it comes to class work

Students like having choices. It allows them to work in a better way and gives them a sense of control on the things they are good at. Creating choices can be done in different ways. One of the ways is to offer students that they can choose the activities they wish to learn. Just make sure that they are learning the concepts you want them to learn, and the sense of ownership they will have will be remarkable to see.

3. Let students self-assess

Students who do not care about their work will become more involved when they are given the opportunity to grade themselves. Let your students contribute the test questions or let them write down answers to a study guide and then let them use it for the test. They will believe that they are getting a special advantage but it will help them retain the information better. Students can grade themselves with the same grading system that a teacher uses. This makes it easy to see if they agree with their teacher in self-assessments.

4. Interactive learning

Teachers know that students will get involved if what they are learning matters to them. And in today’s times what matters to students is their digital world—they treasure interactive content. Some examples of interactive content that can be used in the classroom include Digital Playlists, Google Docs, Sketchnotes and Hyperdocs. Another way could be combining interactive notebooks and class notes. This will develop interest in students and make them more participative.

Noble High is both a senior and nursery school in Gurgaon . Teachers at this school always see potential in each student. We can help students but they must do their bit too and these strategies will help them do just that.
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