---
title: "Student-Led Classrooms"
artifact: "highlights"
resource_person: "Katherine Cadwell"
resource_person_role: "History and philosophy teacher"
vertical: "pedagogy"
module: "Active Learning Strategies"
lesson: "Student-Led Classrooms"
lesson_key: "student-led-classrooms"
source: "curated"
source_channel: "TEDx Talks"
---
# Student-Led Classrooms: Highlights

**Resource person:** Katherine Cadwell - History and philosophy teacher

**Curated from:** TEDx Talks

1. [01:19] Cadwell sees students pursuing answers and grades while struggling to remain with uncertainty.
2. [02:17] She argues that conventional classroom routines reward familiarity with the academic game unevenly.
3. [05:03] Her redesign gives students responsibility for questions, interpretations and the movement of the conversation.
4. [05:48] Harkness discussion combines challenging material, an essential question and shared meaning-making.
5. [06:58] The teacher tracks the exchange and returns participation data to the group for reflection.
6. [07:19] Cadwell names principles for curiosity, voice, challenge and active engagement.
7. [08:21] Listening, disagreement, question formation and evidence use are taught as explicit skills.