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Are we really centering students in professional learning?

By Val Brown
Categories: Learning designs, Reaching all students
June 2023
In the past three years, young people have done what no other generation of students has been asked to do. They have navigated change admirably by trying to move at the “normal” pace of schooling at the peak of a global pandemic, when everything was far from normal. Even as I’m impressed by their resilience, I still feel uneasy. As an educator and a parent, I recognize the things that many of our children and communities have lost. For many, that includes a sense of connection with school. As a parent, I’m keenly aware that I haven’t gotten any classwork or textbooks sent home in years, and while learning management systems have provided immediate access to grades, what I have lost is a deeper understanding

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References

Petr, C. (1992). Adultcentrism in practice with children. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 73(7). doi.org/10.1177/104438949207300


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Val Brown (vbrown@carnegiefoundation.org) is director, future of learning at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.


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