Contents
Foreword?Anne Haas Dyson ?ix
Acknowledgments?xiii
Introduction?1
An Orientation Toward the Nature of Learning?4
The Social Context?4
Overview of This Book?7
PART I: LOCATING STUDENT AGENCY?11
1.??What Is Student Agency??13
Extension?21
The Case of Quin?22
2.??Purpose and Intentionality?23
Purpose?24
Intentionality?28
Use of Tools: Self-Directed Symbolization and Improvisation?31
Extension?35
3.??Perception and Persistence?37
Perception?37
Persistence?39
Extension?45
4.??Interaction and Negotiation?47
Interaction?47
Negotiation?49
Extension?55
PART II: GROWING STUDENT AGENCY?57
5.??How Students Experience and Talk About Agency?59
What Do Students Have to Say About Agency??61
Voice and Choice?62
Extension?70
6.??How Teachers Implement and Talk About Agency?72
Opportunities for Voice and Choice?74
Necessity of Agency?75
Flexibility and Supports?79
Extension?84
7.??Teaching for Student Agency?85
What Does Agency Look Like in the Classroom??88
Instructional Practices?94
Extension?96
8.??Cultivating a Culture of Agency?97
The Classroom Teacher?98
The Student?100
The Principal?101
Developing Core Beliefs?103
Enacting Behaviors?104
Interactions and Connections?105
Reflection and Action?105
Extension?106
9.??A Look to the Future?107
Where to From Here??109
Conclusion?112
References?113
Index?125
About the Author?130