155. How to Create Active and Accountable Learners in Your Secondary Science Classroom

Secondary Science Simplified™

Over the past several years, one of the biggest complaints I’ve heard from teachers is the student apathy that exists in post-pandemic students. I’ve addressed this topic on the podcast before by the ways of classroom management and building resilience in students. And while those are important to tackling the problem, I want to share a new approach. So in today’s episode, I’m discussing how to get students to be active in their own learning and ways to hold them accountable!
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Related Episodes & Blog Posts:

• Episode 145, How to Build Resilience in Students Post-Pandemic
• Episode 143, My Top 5 Favorite Teacher Hacks for the New School Year
• Episode 92, 5 Ways to Have Precise Pacing and Tight Transitions in Your Secondary Science Classroom
• Episode 89, Classroom Management in a Post-COVID World with Guest Casey O’Hearn
• Episode 32, Student-Centered Pedagogy: One Way to Start
• Episode 31, Student-Centered Pedagogy: How To Do It
• Episode 30, Student-Centered Pedagogy: Why Make the Shift
• Episode 29, Student-Centered Pedagogy: What It Is
• Episode 5, Engaging Your Students - Without Exhausting Yourself

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