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Other factors: Relatable learning topics

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Other factors: Relatable learning topics

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One major factor in a successful democratic classroom is making your lessons revolve around relatable parts of the students lives. One key thing to remember is getting to know your students. When students can work at solving community issues they deal with or see, they will take what they learned and use it in the real world.

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California State University, Dominguez Hills

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Faculty & Students Share How CSUDH Helps Them Impact Their Communities

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Having classroom management is very important. One way to go about this is creating a classroom constitution that students create. Students can be involved in what they decide to read in literature, and what they learn about in the real world when relating to social studies. Student interests are key in having good classroom management so students feel they are responsible for their learning.

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Students roles include making decisions to improve classroom environment.
Promote critical thinking by being curious, defend one another, study ideas, take responsibilty, and be open towards new ideas.

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Student involvement and decision making practices 

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Student involvement and decision making practices 

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Student involvement includes students being involved in their classroom daily activities. Having students involved in creating the classroom rules is an important step. Teachers encourage students to look outside the classroom for answers, and make sure students study their ideas, and critically think about what they research.

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The Classroom Pledge: Teaching Democracy in School

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Teacher roles include encouraging students to think creatively and critically. To never insult or embarrass students. To know each of their students. To understand that every child can learn in a different way,  and giving every student a chance to express their opinions. Most importantly, teachers must respect their students.

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Putting Students in Charge of Their Learning Journey

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How would this classroom look, sound, and feel?

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How would this classroom look, sound, and feel?

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A democratic classroom would look like students engaging in their own learning and providing ideas. The classroom would sound like students discussing more than the teacher. And the classroom would have a positive feel as majority of students are involved in the work and excited to be a part of it.

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A democrtaic classroom environment is seen involving students regularly in developmentally appropriate ways with classroom decisions that increase their responsibilty in their learning and prepare them for greater community involvement.