In the Classroom
Every young person can have a voice in the classroom. Having a voice here is every bit as important as having a voice at the whole school level. This section highlights some of the ways that this can happen and provides resources to support these practices.
Kinsale Community School: Voice in the Classroom
For Teachers:
Materials in this section are designed for use by teachers in considering how to make voice more prominent in the classroom.
| Activating Voice in Your Classroom (PDF) | Some teaching and classroom management ideas to help you identify and maximise opportunities for voice in the classroom. |
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| Key Skills Planning in Collaboration with Colleagues (PDF) | Collaborate with colleagues to enhance student voice in learning. |
| Negotiated Integrated Curriculum (PDF) | Check out how to negotiate the curriculum, including CBA’s, with your students |
| Voice in Ongoing Assessment (PDF) | Ideas on how you might highlight the role of student voice in ongoing assessment practices. |
| Voice in the Classroom: Teacher Reflection (PDF) | Use this audit tool to reflect with colleagues about student voice in the classroom |
| Teacher Peer Observation Tool (PDF) | An observation tool to support teacher peer observation of student voice practice in a classroom setting. |
For Students:
It’s important to explore how young people feel about their contribution to decisions made in the classroom. These workshops support the teacher in discussing voice and agency with students.
| Voice in the Classroom: Student Workshop (PDF) | To what extent do students feel they have a voice about matters that affect them in the classroom? This workshop will help to explore the topic. |
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| Agency in the Classroom: Student Workshop (PDF) | To what extent do students have the self-belief to contribute to and /or lead decision making in relation to their learning and other aspects of classroom life? Use this workshop to find out. |
For Teachers and Students:
Promote shared understanding by enabling teachers and students to discuss the practice of and potential for voice together.
| Voice in the Classroom: Student and Teacher Workshop (PDF) | This student- teacher workshop will support a joint reflection about the role of student voice in the classroom. |
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