Student voice

In education settings around the world where students are compelled to attend through extrinsic Motivation, young people are often saddled with the task of making themselves heard. In the situation of authoritarian classrooms, this places many students in awkward positions, at best. In response to this imbalance of authority, many educators have begun listening to what is addressed as "student voice." The dilema of this approach is that by proclaiming that students, representing the pluralism of society, have one common set of experiences, ideas, and knowledge that simply form a unified voice, educators become guilty of contriving a neoliberal justice. In turn, educators serve to alienate those who they supposedly intended to benefit. The solution to this challenge may well be Meaningful student involvement.