An impressive body of research shows that people of all ages – including students in classrooms – are happier, healthier, and more productive when they have some say about what they’re doing. Indeed, the way children learn to make good decisions is by making decisions. Why, then, are so many classrooms more focused on eliciting their compliance than supporting their autonomy?
I’m trying to avoid Edu-Twitter because it can be very quite argumentative. Quite aside from feeling pretty Post-11 years old orientated. Anyway, I do like some of what he says.