Students treat the teacher’s validation as the measure of peer speech

Evidence

I notice many students have difficulty taking seriously what they themselves have to say because they are convinced that the only person who says any thing of note is the teacher. Even if an other student does say something that the teacher says is good, helpful, smart, whatever, it’s only through the act of the teacher’s validating that the other students take note. If the teacher doesn’t seem to indicate that this is something worth noting, few students will. — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress, 290

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Class background shapes whether students believe their voices deserve academic respect — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as…, 285; Teachers must validate students without validating the discourse that oppresses them — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1068; Well-intentioned teachers silence students through curriculum and withheld recognition — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 728

Broader Connections

• Teachers must validate students without validating the discourse that oppresses them #qualifies (0.78) — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 1068
• Well-intentioned teachers silence students through curriculum and withheld recognition #expands (0.72) — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 728