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British teddy bears strapped to helium weather balloon reach the edge of space
A real project effort that produced never seen before results from the students and teachers at Parkside. |
Vineland High students move into small learning communities
A year ago, continuing students and those arriving from middle school were prepped to select one of the eight communities: medical, health and social sciences; liberal arts; business and leadership; animals, plants and environmental sciences; communications, media and technology; arts; math, science and engineering; and applied technology. |
Project Based Learning Video
A middle school student talking about benefits of project based learning. |
Research Supporting Project-Based Learning
Project-based learning is a versatile approach to instruction that can readily be used in conjunction with other approaches. Teachers who make extensive use of project-based learning are blending a number of educational ideas - each supported by substantial research. |
Studies Validate Project-Based Learning
Research shows the efficacy of an authentic form of education that expects students to immerse themselves in a topic and meaningfully demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge. |
High-scoring nations on an international exam say success ...project-based learning
US educators found that educators in Finland, Sweden, and Denmark all cited autonomy, project-based learning, and nationwide broadband internet access as keys to their success. |
Project Based Learning Module
Edutopia's Project-Based Learning teaching module is designed for either a two- to three-hour class or session or a one- to two-day workshop, and is divided into two parts. |
Facing the Future
This page features examples of how teachers have integrated Facing the Future curriculum and service learning action projects in specific subject areas and grade levels. |
Project Based Learning and School Reform
A first-hand account from Dr. Roger Rada, Superintendent of Nestucca Valley in Oregon, on how the district integrated service-learning into school reform efforts. |
Learn from experts - set up project based learning opportunities
The purpose of this guide is to tell the story of the Philadelphia service-learning initiative from the perspective of two people deeply involved with its formation and implementation--Kenny Holdsman and David Tuchmann. |
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| Service Learning |
http://www.learnandserve.gov/about/newsroom/releases_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1151
Washington, D.C. -- From serving meals and cleaning rivers to tutoring and raising money for cancer research, students across the country will show how they make a difference through service-learning during the National Learn & Serve Challenge the week of October 6 through 12. |
Community Café
The Community Café is a table-service soup kitchen that has served more than 15,000 meals to needy residents since December 2006. Kristen Allcorn founded the Café as part of a high school community service project. |
Service Learning Blog
Excellent blog focusing on social responsibility and building character education into class structure. |
Social Networking With Educators
Discover the power of collaborating with likeminded people. It's possible using the online social networks filled with business minded educators. Now you have the links an know where to go. |
Bring Learning to Life
Service-learning is helping students perform better in school while improving their communities through service. By connecting classroom lessons with community service projects, service-learning engages students and brings learning to life! |
Making the Difference
a report recently released by the Coalition for Community Schools, synthesizes research from the fields of health, mental health, youth development, family and community engagement and community building and demonstrates the connection to student learning. |
Service-Learning and Community Service in K-12 Schools
This is the first survey to provide reliable national estimates of the
percentage of public elementary, middle, and high1 schools incorporating servicelearning
into their course curriculum, as well as providing the most recent data on
school engagement in community service. |
How Service Learning Affects Students
The two major goals of this study were: 1) to explore the comparative effects of service
learning and community service on the cognitive and affective development of college
undergraduates and 2) to enhance our understanding of how learning is enhanced by service. |
National Survey on Service-Learning and Transitioning to Adulthood
This compelling case for service-learning as a strategy to promote a healthy youth-adult transition indicates that participants carry the benefits of their participation into adulthood, as displayed through positive impacts on their civic engagement, pursuit of higher education, career development, and personal relationships. |
Five top resources: service learning
Service learning provides time for students to work with each other and their hands to learn skills, understand social responsibility, and live their education. In a nutshell, this learning reaches beyond the textbook and builds essential life skills. Here are my five top resources: |
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The Blue School
The Blue School is dedicated to connecting children with their innate ability to create and to express themselves, and to ensuring that they do not lose this connection as they become "socialized" and "educated." |
This I Believe Goes Global
A 21st century teacher using his gifts with students ....For the past two years, I have had my classes write their versions of National Public Radio’s “This I Believe” segment. I was introduced to this idea by a colleague and have been always impressed by what my students hold as their personal values and beliefs. |
Student pundits offer their 2 cents
Dorothy de la Garza, a history teacher at St. Andrew's Episcopal School, made the election a question on a final exam last spring, asking students, "What advice would you give to the president of the United States?" |
Teenagers' learning 'dumbed down'
Today's 14-year-old pupils are better at quick-fire answers, but much worse at complex questions than teenagers in the 1970s, research suggests. |
Evaluation of Project Based Learning
Researchers have investigated the impact of project-based learning (PBL) in a wide variety of educational contexts ranging from early childhood education to medical and legal education. |
You Think!
Here the information about global issues that matter to young people today can be found. Explore the research, knowledge and experience gathered by World Bank experts on issues like poverty, development, and conflict.
Sharing information on how things look from your angle, your street, your community, your world is welcomed. |
Teach for Success
WestEd research identifies elements and principles drawn from many sources, including the research of Benjamin Bloom, Robert Marzano, Thomas Guskey, and many others. |
Bringing Potential Dropouts Back From the Brink
Despite chronic truancy in middle school and her own expectations that she would soon drop out, junior Sheile Echie-Davis has turned her life around and now plans to attend college. An alternative-education program in her high-poverty district helps at-risk high-schoolers by providing individualized attention to help them catch up to their classmates. |
First It Was Song Downloads. Now It's Organic Chemistry
AFTER scanning his textbooks and making them available to anyone to download free, a contributor at the file-sharing site PirateBay.org composed a colorful message for "all publishers" of college textbooks, warning them that "myself and all other students are tired of getting" ripped off. |
Constructivist Celebration
The Constructivist Celebration is an opportunity for you to let your creativity run free with the world's best open-ended software tools in a great setting; with enthusiastic colleagues who share your commitment to children, computing, creativity and constructivism. You might think of this stimulating event as a spa day for your mind and soul! |
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