Principle 5: The governing practical metaphor of the school should be student-as-worker, rather than the more familiar metaphor of teacher-as-deliverer-of-instructional-services. Accordingly, a prominent pedagogy will be coaching, to provoke students to learn how to learn and thus to teach themselves.

Question for students:

Respond to this statement: I feel like I am in charge of my own learning.

*Questions for teachers:

CES emphasizes student as worker, teacher as coach. What does that look like in your classroom?

What have been the challenges and benefits of thinking this way?

 

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