EduTalk Radio Interview with Larry Jacobs: Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn

I was thrilled to once again join Larry Jacobs on EduTalk Radio, this time to talk about how and why to offer students more choices about their learning, the subject of my recent book: Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn: The Key to Student Motivation and Achievement. Larry is a great host and he helped facilitate an interesting conversation. We dig into topics such as:

Why should we be concerned with offering students choice?
Why might students learn more when choice is used well?
How do we manage choice so it’s not overwhelming for teachers?
How can choice help students self-differentiate their learning?
What are some examples of choice in action?
How can choice support professional learning in PD settings?
Many more!

Original link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/edutalk/2016/06/10/ascd-student-choice-the-key-to-motivation-and-achievement

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Mike Anderson

Mike Anderson has been an educator for more than 25 years. A public school teacher for 15 years, he has also taught preschool, coached swim teams, and taught university graduate level classes. He now works as a consultant providing professional learning for teachers throughout the US and beyond. In 2004, Mike was awarded a national Milken Educator Award, and in 2005 he was a finalist for NH Teacher of the Year. In 2020, he was awarded the Outstanding Educational Leader Award by NHASCD for his work as a consultant. A best-selling author, Mike has written nine books about great teaching and learning. His latest book is Tackling the Motivation Crisis: How to Activate Student Learning Without Behavior Charts, Pizza Parties, or Other Hard-to-Quit Incentive Systems. When not working, Mike can be found hanging with his family, tending his perennial gardens, and searching for new running routes around his home in Durham, NH.

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