Life in Classrooms: How do You Want to Feel in this Space?

Life in contemporary classrooms invites the inference that educators cannot realistically know what, how, or when to teach until they understand both whom they are teaching and the turbulent cross currents in the world.Research suggests that there are distinctive social mindsets that enhance learner engagement and performance in classroom settings, including status, certainty, autonomy, relatedness, and fairness.As students search for their place and role in the world, educators will assume increasing responsibility for identifying and teaching the requisite skills, capabilities, and dispositions that allow learners to feel at home in the classroom while preparing for a world of endless disruption, ambiguity, and complexity.