How to Teach Active Listening: An Essential Skill for the Future

In this episode of the Empower Students Now podcast, host Amanda Werner discusses the importance and challenges of teaching active listening to students. She provides an overview of essential skills like self-advocacy, ethical reasoning, and critical thinking, emphasizing that active listening might be the hardest but most critical of all. Amanda dives into the components of active listening, offering strategies for educators to model and teach these skills in the classroom. She also addresses common challenges, such as students' reluctance to listen or speak, and provides practical activities and solutions. This episode aims to equip teachers with tools to foster a culture of genuine listening, which is foundational for empathy, learning, relationships, and democracy. 00:00 Introduction and Series Overview 01:15 The Importance of Active Listening 05:05 Teaching Active Listening to Students 07:16 Components of Active Listening 27:08 Challenges and Solutions in Active Listening 36:03 Conclusion and Next Steps Essential Skills Slideshows

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How to Teach Active Listening: An Essential Skill for the Future is an episode from Empower Students Now by Amanda Werner.

This episode is 39:16 long.

This episode was published on Jan 18, 2026.

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