How to live democracy in the classroom

Learning Within and Beyond the Classroom: Compulsory School Students Voicing Their Positive Experiences of School

“…Indeed, there are, for instance, reasons to believe that schools with a high level of perceived student participation seem to have higher grades than schools with a low level of perceived student participation (Ahlström, 2010). However, while students' willingness to become involved and to give voice to their thoughts can certainly be facilitated by teachers (Vinterek, 2010), we hold that students' experiences and visions may also be taken under serious consideration in school improvement processes and educational research. This is in accordance with, for instance, Yonesawa, Jones, and Joselowsky (2009), who argue that students provide an excellent source of information and motivation when asked to participate and who consider young people to be thoughtful contributors to educational change, although it is not common to give them the opportunity to speak up and be heard.…”

Empirical Evidence on the Relationship between Democratic Classroom and Social Skills Development of Students

“…Educational institutions are the industries to produce such individuals for the society (Buchholz, 2013;Vinterek, 2010). Over the years, research has stressed on the need to use such approaches and pedagogies to help promote such students who could become active and participative citizens for tomorrow (Thornberg, 2010).…”

Control and agency in student–teacher relations: a cross–cultural perspective on Finnish and Korean comprehensive schools

“…From an institutional perspective, school is an institution which students should attend and adapt to the regulations of in order to obtain a diploma and be integrated into society as future workers, rather than a place where they enjoy emancipation and the rights of citizens. Thus, many scholars have insisted that student agency and their active participation in everyday pedagogic practices and in other parts of school life still need to be improved for the sake of their democratic schooling (Baroutsis, McGregor, & Mills, 2016;Rönnlund, 2010Rönnlund, , 2014Vinterek, 2010).…”