Respecting+Power

Respecting Power

“The beliefs that we have about our own competence, autonomy, and power influence our motivation.”

Practical and Promising of Mendler’s Recommendations:

• Involve students in Developing Procedures, Rules, and Consequences • Invite students to Teach a Lesson • Be Respectful of each student • Ask for an Opinion

Other Suggestions for Respecting Power:

• Actively create an environment where it’s not ok for students to laugh at wrong answers (teach students to Respect Each Other, not only just the teacher respecting each student). • Incorporate “How could the teacher improve this project next time?” into each presentation/project. Then, take those suggestions into account and actually change the project for next time.