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Looking Beyond Themselves: Preparing Students to Become Invested Members of Their CommunityLooking Beyond Themselves: Preparing Students to Become Invested Members of Their Community

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Subject:
Social Sciences
Institution Name:
Soldotna Elementary School
Collection:
Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in K-12 Education
Grade Level:
Post-secondary
Abstract:

As a sixth grade teacher, Pfitzner struggled to find a way to truly reach her students. She wanted to help her students find a deeper connection to what they were learning, allowing them to feel ownership of their knowledge. She developed a project based on community activism to help her students escape the cliques and disconnectedness so common to sixth graders in her school. Pfitzner documented this journey as she and her students identified and addressed a need in their community for a non-fishing oriented park for children and their families. This website reveals the pedagogical strategies she used to allow students the opportunity to feel true ownership of their learning, and highlights key turning points in the process of watching eleven and twelve year olds grow from passive learners to inspired citizens.

Languages:
English
Material Type:
Teaching and Learning Strategies
Conditions of Use:
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0
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