Place-Based Education
Place & Peace Based Learning: Walter’s Story
This is the first of a two-part preface excerpt from the book To Know the Joy of Work Well Done: Building Connections and Community with Place-Based Learning.
How to Design a Learning Commons
Learning in a multipurpose space can be a challenge if the space is not designed properly. In this article, we shed light on six crucial design elements for creating learning commons where students thrive.
Community is Learning: How The Act of Learning is Rooted in Neighbors, Family and Place
Aaron Schorn shares what shaped his learning journey from childhood influences to his love of nature, people and community.
Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke: In Working, One Learns
Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke is a youth-focused vocational training, educational, and community-based nonprofit in Hāna, Maui. Through core programs and initiatives, Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke empowers and nurtures students and graduates to become caretakers and leaders of their communities.
Stop, Look, and Listen: Kilo
Jonathon Medeiros shares how he explores the places he lives with his students to fuel learning through curiosity and wonder.
Learning Suites: A First Step in Overcoming Isolation in Schools
Physical isolation presents a barrier to the kind of authentic learning we often desire in 21st-century schools. Learning Suites are part of the solution to break out of isolated learning environments.
Five Strategies for Designing Schools to Support Educators
In many ways, the factors that spur teachers to change jobs or thrive are similar to those influencing employees in a corporate environment. Research can help develop facilities that attract and retain teachers, reduce stress and support the aspirations of educators.
Personalized Storage in Schools
Randy Fielding explores the changing needs to give students personal storage in school, and the solutions can have surprising benefits.
School With a View: Vistas, Movement, and Learner Well-being
Randy Fielding explores how views outside and interior vistas can have a significant impact on learner well-being.
6 Elements of Thriving Learners
Randy Fielding and Nathan Strenge share how cultivating six elements of thriving learners will make a deep and last social impact.