Teaching Sovereign Knowers: Michael Moynihan on Fostering Agency in Students
HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully Alive · The Heights School
July 7, 202338m 11s
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Show Notes
Upper School Head Michael Moynihan encourages teachers to view their students as sovereign knowers called to exercise agency in their learning. As teachers, we lead by walking backwards, but our students should provide the forward momentum. Yet this momentum must itself be fostered by a proper approach to the art of teaching. Mr. Moynihan shares ideas here about how teachers can create an environment conducive to this sense of agency.