Partnering With Students: Building Ownership of Learning

Empower students to own their learning and their destiny What if you could collaborate with students to own and accelerate learning This step by step guide will help you build learner capacity and create a classroom culture where students take the lead Using real life examples and visuals to illustrate key ideas the authors show you how to Encourage students to become full fledged partners in the learning process Collaboratively develop clear expectations for learning Intentionally build learner strategies that last a lifetime Harness the power of reciprocal feedback to improve teaching and accelerate results Empower and motivate students in ways that double the rate of learning Engage excite and empower students to become owners of their own learning Based on the work of John Hattie and Larry Ainsworth Partnering with Students highlights the importance of students and teachers sharing responsibility for building a collaborative classroom community that gives and receives feedback defines criteria for success and formulates personal learning goals and action plans The three sections in the book Define It Learn It and Prove It are used as signposts to anchor the partnering process and will Show how to develop the students role as a full fledged partner in the learning process Offer practical steps to enhance student empowerment Include several examples and visual diagrams of key ideas Ownership of Learning offers a powerful framework to significantly accelerate student motivation and learning This book provides teachers and leaders with the how to by focusing on the impact of building collaborative relationships clarifying criteria for success building learner capacity embedded formative assessment and using feedback to deepen and prove learning The three sections in the book Defining the Journey Learning on the Journey and Retracing and Extending the Journey are used as signposts to anchor the partnering process to Demonstrate h