1. Student Responsibility
Creating autonomy in the classroom

2. Fish story?
How could adapt to your class?

3. Results
"As we expected, teachers who were oriented toward supporting their students' autonomy had a more positive impact on their students than did the control-oriented teachers. The students of autonomy-supportive teachers were more curious and mastery-oriented, and they evidenced higher self-esteem" --Edward Deci, Why We Do What We Do

4. "Deadlines, threats, competition, imposed goals, surveillance, and evaluations were all found to undermine intrinsic motivation..... [R]esearch has confirmed that choice enhances people's intrinsic motivation, so when people participate in decisions about what to do, they will be more motivated and committed to the task--to being sure that the task gets done well....  People who were asked to do a particular task but allowed the freedom of having some say in how to do it were more fully engaged by the activity--they enjoyed it more—than people who were not treated as unique individuals.... It is thus important that people in positions of authority begin to consider how to provide more choice.... Why not give students choice about what field trips to take and what topics to write their papers about, for example."
Edward Deci, Why We Do What We Do

5. Responsible for Own Learning – What does that mean?
CHOICE
“Why are you here? “What are your expectations for the course?”
Ss see that their choices have results(clear goals by teachers so Ss can have success, choices, precise feedback, assess own learning)
Fredy’s example? Other examples?

6. What’s wrong with this picture?
I walked into a teacher’s class. It was a few minutes after the start of the period. S/he was finishing up with some preparation. Many of the Ss were sitting and chatting without a notebook or book out on their desks. Then the teacher turned around and said “Good afternoon!” and told the Ss to take out their books. The Ss then reached into their bags and took out their books.

7. What’s wrong with this picture?
Student asks the teacher to quickly translate a word for them from Spanish to English.
Are you going to follow them around for the rest of their lives and translate words for them?

8. Do we need them to need us?
Is it fair to treat them like dependents and then turn around and say “Well, they don’t want to learn”.
What do I do to keep my Ss dependent on me?
What do I do to encourage my Ss passivity?(solution)
Once we’ve established control(cuz you need it) do we let go?
Do they feel comfortable to say “I don’t understand? Ok, how often does this happen?
I always collect the homework? I should change that – I’m in a hurry – get a student to do that as the homework monitor – someone kind but responsible- popular – so they can ask the student – why didn’t you do the homework?
Here, culturally it’s amazing to work in groups – in the States - harder

9. The start of class Sign a contract – for rules and for work
What will you accomplish by the end of the semester?
1. You have an “A” – everyone in the class. – it’s yours to lose – how can you lose it?
2. Imagine a year from now and you
have an A in the class – how did you
get it?

10. Class president, etc.(Marisela)
Responsible for links with embassy(information lost through the chain)-China
Elections
Take attendance, etc.
Meet with a supervisor, etc. to air grievances, concerns, suggestions- create an Access student council (part of democracy packet)- meet with sites
They get together for meetings – they take over the program – make suggestions- what other responsibilities could we give this group? Group work

11. Choices for homework What choices do they have?
Give them a study buddy – informs them if absent
Get groups to study together for a test
NQA coupons(3)
Create a test- Ivania

12. At the beginning of the semester, the Reading Team issues 3 No Questions Asked (NQA) coupons to each student.  Students may use these coupons to turn in homework one class late without any explanation required.  Once the 3 coupons are used, no more are given.  However, to provide students with an incentive to complete all assignments on time, we provide 10 bonus points to a student who turns in all four unused NQA coupons at the end of the semester.

13. Don’t SAVE the student
To you give them a homework extension because of a crisis or bad planning?

14. “The proper question is not, ‘How can people motivate others
“The proper question is not, ‘How can people motivate others?’ but rather, “How can people create the conditions within which others will motivate themselves?”
Don’t enable people – swoop in and “save’ them
“ Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers to Classroom Challenges ” by Larry Ferlazzo,

15. Portfolios
With a list of their problems –run ons, etc

16. Look back at how keep Ss dependent
After some of these ideas - What are 3 changes you can make?