Episode 5: Supporting Disengaged Students
Modern Classrooms Project Podcast
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Are You Afraid to Take Academic Risks?
Shan: My students wanted to live in the land of notes. Notes is their happy place, and they would just stay there. I really had to work hard to push them through. Shant youhave any thoughts on that in general, and how sort of disengagement looks in the blended setting and in the modern fashion setting? Ye, two things. Don't forget that people are a little bit risk averse naturally. And so it's really interesting when you provide that space for kids to give real feedback about why they're disengaged. Or, honestly, i'm really thinking about the socreity game we play this afternoon.
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