13: Student Autonomy and Success with Liv Levin
Our guest this episode, Liv, is a junior in high school. She shares with us her experience, her biggest influences as teachers, and ideas to make school more equitable. I was impressed by how aware she was of the challenges and discrepancies that exist in high school, even if adults and educators aren't talking about how to fix it - the students see it and are working to make a difference. In this episode, we cover: Why autonomy matters in the way students experience learning Liv’s definition of success as a high school student College’s role in modern society Why school feels less like learning and more like a competition The club Liv started to raise awareness of social justice issues SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/rebel-educator/13
Our guest this episode, Liv, is a junior in high school. She shares with us her experience, her biggest influences as teachers, and ideas to make school more equitable. I was impressed by how aware she was of the challenges and discrepancies that exist in high school, even if adults and educators aren't talking about how to fix it - the students see it and are working to make a difference.
In this episode, we cover:
- Why autonomy matters in the way students experience learning
- Liv’s definition of success as a high school student
- College’s role in modern society
- Why school feels less like learning and more like a competition
- The club Liv started to raise awareness of social justice issues
SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/rebel-educator/13
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