Learning that Matters... to STUDENTS before Systems
Guiding Questions:
From your perspective, what is “learning that matters”? How do you define it? Alternatively, what is “learning that doesn’t matter”? What’s your experience with “learning that matters”?
How has the past year changed your understanding of "learning that matters"?
Reflection by
Beth
Reflection by
Erich
Reflection by Elizabeth
Reflection by
Eliot
What the Students Heard:
Abby's reaction to our reflection
Guiding Questions:
From your perspective, what is “learning that matters”? How do you define it? Alternatively, what is “learning that doesn’t matter”? What’s your experience with “learning that matters”?
How would you describe your educational journey through public high school? Did it “work” for you? In what ways did it “work” / “not work”? Is it “working” for you? In what ways is it “working”? In what ways is it “not working?”
Reflections by Katie
Guiding Questions:
Who are we and why are we having this conversation?
What is “learning that matters”? How do we define it?
What experiences have we had with “learning that matters”?
Sections from our one-day-to-be book (some writings are incomplete, but aren't we all?)
Is it longitudinal? It wasn’t “lateral.” Is it “vertically articulated” (no.)? - Katie Hovanec
Personalized Learning is Anti-Racist Education - Erich Heckel
What do the students think??? - Elizabeth Dean
Words on a Page - Eliot Waxman
This isn't your grandmother's book on educational reform - Beth Blankenship
A Meditation on relationship-building and this work - Katie Hovanec