Our January reading for LEARN Marginal Syllabus recounts how Alex Corbitt, the author and former middle school educator, employed “radically student-centered” pedagogy as part of a teen activism course. In his Voices from the Middle article, Corbitt describes how he reimagined an elective course in order to situate and support students as activists. Assigned to teach a documentary film class, he proposed to his students that they focus on teen activism, and invited them to co-design the class with him as the year unfolded. This inspirational article describes the ways in which Corbitt helped students design their own learning, study issues of critical importance like racism, and engage in activism.
Guests
Joe Dillon (Host), Humanities Teacher; Co-Founder, Marginal Syllabus
Alex Corbitt, Educator; Writer; PhD Candidate, Boston College
This episode features the founder and managing director of Novelly, Anna Gabriella Casalme, along with two youth authors who have had their work published through Novelly.
Educators from the Boise State Writing Project studied together and created units of study across the curriculum that give students opportunities to be citizen historians.