Place Based Education
SEL & Mindset
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is the deliberate commitment to including a framework of essential skills and dispositions that complement academics but historically have not been a part of curricular design. Learners acquire and effectively apply the skills necessary for self-regulation or managing and talking about emotions, forming relationships, setting goals and demonstrating empathy during their learning.
Personalized Learning
4 Concentration Activities for Students
By: Riya Sander. Keeping students engaged through an entire day of classes is a struggle many educators face. Here are four fun classroom activities to help boost student focus and participation.
Competency-Based Education
Should I Grade-Skip My Gifted Child?
By: Jonathan Wai, Ann Lupkowski Shoplik and Susan Assouline. One effective way to help talented students remain intellectually challenged and engaged in school is to have them skip a grade. But how do you decide this is right for your child?
Project-Based Learning
Student Activities to Promote Diversity, Inclusion and Empathy
Here are several classroom activities I recommend trying with your students that promote empathy and diversity and have a positive impact on classroom culture.
Project-Based Learning
What Is Our World’s Greatest Challenge?
By: Catherine Browning. Our world faces multiple challenges that require innovative solutions based on customs, cultures and environments. So how do we change education to help prepare educators and students to succeed in the future?
Leadership
Two Key Points for Understanding Imagination in Education
By: Gillian Judson. Imagination in learning is often misunderstood--thought of as more frill than necessity. We must realize the value of imagination in education, and how it can be used to make learning engaging for all students.
Ed Policy
Project-Based Learning Can Fuel Tomorrow’s Workforce
By: Jim Postl. We're facing a serious skills gap crisis in this country. Implementing project-based and deeper learning with today's students can help bridge this need and fuel tomorrow's workforce.
Difference Making
Choosing Camp Counseling for Career Readiness
By: Olivia Waldron. This summer, instead of taking on the typical office internship, I chose to become a camp counselor and ended up learning many real life skills still applicable to college and career readiness.
Place Based Education
Teaching Empathy Through Place-Based Education
By: Jenny Pieratt. While searching for a way to teach my students both empathy and content, I discovered the solution through place-based learning as we interacted, engaged and connected with our community.
Leadership
6 Reasons You Should Work in America’s Parks and Forests
We both personally benefited from formative experiences working summer jobs on public lands, and invite you to imagine how our society might be improved if every person in America had an opportunity to work and learn in a national park.
Place Based Education
Expanding & Enriching Relationships in Place-Based Education
By: Gillian Judson. In place-based education, the importance of relationships in education is taken to a whole new level. Here are three guiding principles for maximizing the creation of all relationships and, by extension, the learning of all students.