Developing Student Ownership

by Jane Kennedy, Robert Crowe

Wouldn't you love to walk into your own class full of motivated, engaged, and eager students who own their learning? How do we build an environment where students can say I like this classroom because here I get smarter every day? Is this a realistic goal, or is it just a pipe dream? Developing Student Ownership provides validated techniques that transform students from passengers in their education to active participants. Robert Crowe and Jane Kennedy combine 50+ years of research, consulting, and practical classroom experience to break down the practices in curriculum, instruction, assessment, and classroom climate that increase the opportunities for learning. When you finish this guide, you ll better understand how to help students: Own what they are learning Own how they are learning Own how well they are learning Own their role in class Containing real classroom examples, self-assessment prompts and best practices, Developing Student Ownership is a comprehensive and functional guide no teacher will want to be without.

184 pages, Perfect Paperback

Published December 12, 2018

Reviews

[Staci Laird · Rating 2 out of 5]

The information/content is not the issue...I agree with it all...nothing new or revolutionary. Holy cow, though, it is written so dryly! It's like it was written by a computer. The whole thing is a giant outline, every section of every chapter using the same frame and word-for-word sentence stems then just substituting "assessment" for "curriculum" during the appropriate chapters. This would be a great model text in a writing class for showing voiceless writing. How can someone write a book about student ownership and agency and make it this dispassionate?!

[Sherry Friedman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I agree with some of the other readers that this was very dry. The authors obviously did a lot of research and the information is good information that I am confident will help my students to own their learning. But, the way the information was presented, it’s like they didn’t read their own strategies. I would have presented material in a more friendly manner for visual learners, I would have started with the climate chapter first, because it all starts in the classroom, and a flow chart/ overview or visual way to explain the organization or topics to be covered would have helped me.