SoundOut Student Voice Curriculum

Author: Adam Fletcher

Year: 2007

The SoundOut Student Voice Curriculum is a collection of 27 lesson plans, a facilitator's guide, a student handbook and a planning guide designed to teach high school students about how they can become partners in school improvement. A free module and ordering information available at http://www.soundout.org/curriculum.html

Highlights:

Comprised of eight modules, each with three 50-minute lesson plans, the curriculum is focused on engaging students as partners in improving schools. Each lesson plan is designed to engage diverse high school students with highly interactive critical thinking, communication, and project-based learning activities.
 
Modules:
  • Learning about Learning
  • Learning about Education
  • Learning about School Change
  • Students as Researchers
  • Students as Planners
  • Students as Teachers
  • Students as Evaluators
  • Students as Decision-Makers
  • Students as Advocates

Sample Module - Students as Teachers

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Tags for this entry:
curriculum, collaboration, student involvement, school improvement

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