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    ISU values student ownership of learning because it results in the most engaging and enduring skills development. When students take ownership of their learning, they are more motivated to learn and retain information better. Research shows that giving students more opportunities to participate in decisions about their schoolwork leads to higher test scores and better performance in college. For learning to be most effective, students need to feel that what they are learning is personally meaningful, challenging yet appropriate, and allows for choice and control over their learning process. Educators should create conditions that cultivate student agency and mastery over their own learning rather than just content.

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    ISU values student ownership of learning because it results in the most engaging and enduring skills development. When students take ownership of their learning, they are more motivated to learn and retain information better. Research shows that giving students more opportunities to participate in decisions about their schoolwork leads to higher test scores and better performance in college. For learning to be most effective, students need to feel that what they are learning is personally meaningful, challenging yet appropriate, and allows for choice and control over their learning process. Educators should create conditions that cultivate student agency and mastery over their own learning rather than just content.

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    ISU values student ownership of learning because it results in the most engaging and enduring skills development. When students take ownership of their learning, they are more motivated to learn and retain information better. Research shows that giving students more opportunities to participate in decisions about their schoolwork leads to higher test scores and better performance in college. For learning to be most effective, students need to feel that what they are learning is personally meaningful, challenging yet appropriate, and allows for choice and control over their learning process. Educators should create conditions that cultivate student agency and mastery over their own learning rather than just content.

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    OWNERSHIP

    Why ISU values student ownership of learning

    Citations At ISU we value the importance of involving students in decisions about


    their own learning and that taking ownership of learning results in the
    1.“Loris Malaguzzi International most engaging and enduring skills development. We agree with the
    Center.” North American Reggio
    Reggio Alliance who say:
    Emilia Alliance,
    www.reggioalliance.org/ “What we want to do is activate within children the
    downloads/malaguzzi:ccie:1994.
    desire and will and great pleasure that comes from
    2.Will Richardson, et al.
    “Playing at ‘Agency.’” Will being the authors of their own learning.”¹
    Richardson, 24 Jan. 2017,
    willrichardson.com/playing-at- We recognise the power of sharing control of learning with the students.
    agency/. This requires a gradual release of responsibility through a guided and
    supported process, with teachers and parents playing a vital role as
    3.“Choices for Children: Why
    and How to Let Students facilitators and partners in the pursuit of deep, meaningful learning.
    Decide (*).” Alfie Kohn, 26 Nov.
    Reasoning and Research
    2014, www.alfiekohn.org/article/
    choices-children/. We have sought research-based evidence about the effectiveness of
    4.Ascd. “Chapter 1. Conditions
    student ownership on meaningful, lifelong learning. If we don’t allow
    for Powerful Learning.” How space for students to take ownership of their learning we will not be best
    Student Progress Monitoring equipping our students for the world of the future. As Will Richardson
    Improves Instruction - says:
    Educational Leadership,
    www.ascd.org/publications/ “Kids who are trained to wait to be told what to
    books/198179/chapters/
    Conditions-for-Powerful- learn, when to learn it, how to learn it, and how to be
    assessed on that learning will grow into adults who
    Learning.aspx.

    5.Will Richardson, et al.


    “Playing at ‘Agency.’” Will
    are of the same cloth, waiting for someone to tell
    Richardson, 24 Jan. 2017, them what to believe and how to act and what to
    willrichardson.com/playing-at-
    agency/. think.”²
    6. “Choices for Children: Why
    Learning and Teaching
    and How to Let Students
    Decide (*).” Alfie Kohn, 26 Nov. Alfie Kohn, an American author and lecturer in education, in his
    2014, www.alfiekohn.org/article/ research paper, “Choices for Children,” cites many studies that show,
    choices-children/.
    “children given more opportunity to participate in decisions about
    schoolwork score higher on standardized tests.” Also, he notes that high
    schools who were encouraged to develop innovative programs whose “essential value was democracy,”
    produced graduates who did better in college than a matched comparison group from traditional schools.3
    Ron Brandt in his book, “Powerful Learning,” 4 provides us with a roadmap to ensure that all people learn
    well given a range of conditions.
    The following specifically encourage ownership:
    1.What they learn is personally meaningful.
    2.What they learn is challenging and they accept the challenge.
    3.What they learn is appropriate for their developmental level.
    4.They can learn in their own way, have choices, and feel in
    control.
    Again Will Richardson5 and Alfie Kohn6 helped us define our role as
    educators:
    “We create conditions under which “agency” can flourish, under which our students can create
    their own power and become powerful in their own right. Conditions under which students have
    “mastery” over themselves and their learning, not just the content.” 5
    “We teachers must see ourselves as researchers, able to think, and to produce a true
    curriculum…….. Overactivity on the part of the adult is a risk
    factor. The adult does too much because he cares about the child;
    Further Reading
    but this creates a passive role for the child in her own learning.” 6
    Through all this, we want to assure you we care. We want every child to “Choices for Children
    be academically prepared and to have active control over their learning, Why and How to Let
    feel fully supported by the adults in their education and be equipped Students Decide” By Alfie
    with skills for a future, we can’t yet imagine. Kohn. Available free via
    Web. www.alfiekohn.org
    Partnership
    “Powerful Learning” by
    We want to partner with you and value your input and feedback. If you
    Ron Brandt. Summary
    have ideas or questions we would love to talk with you in person to
    available free from
    discuss this. You may find it helpful to consider the following reflective
    www.ascd.org
    questions:
    1.What decisions do I currently make as an adult that my child could “Your Image of the Child:
    make for themselves? Where Teaching Begins”
    by Loris Malaguzzi.
    2.What environments enable me to learn best and how can I
    www.reggioalliance.org
    encourage my child to take ownership over their learning environment?
    3.How can I step back and allow my child to navigate their own A summary of the UN
    learning at the same time as supporting their learning? Convention on the Rights
    of the Child https://
    www.unicef.org.uk/

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