“Deep listening is a type of listening that aims to relieve the suffering of the other person, supporting personal healing and the development of relational trust.”
-(Street Data, Dugan and Safir, pg.205)
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta Hammond, page 99.
It's important to note that for mistakes to result in learning, it must happen in a safe environment, with guidance from someone like a warm demander teacher.Through these approaches, warm demanders hold their students to high standards and provide the support that students need to get there, thus creating an equitable classroom.
"Agency is the idea that people have the capacity to take action, craft and carry out plans, and make informed decisions based on a growing base of knowledge. In the social ecology of the classroom, agency is about connection to self, peers, adults, the community beyond the classroom, and ultimately the world. Agency doesn’t emerge in a vacuum, nor does it flourish in a traditional classroom where the teacher is positioned as a content expert dishing out knowledge. It emerges in a learning space where power is distributed, knowledge is democratized, diverse perspectives are welcomed, and children are intellectually and emotionally nourished."
- Shane Safir and Jamila Dugan
-Susan Hopkins