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My research focuses on trying to understand how to better support teams of people committed to creating community-engaged project-based learning environments.
community-engaged project-based learning
community-engaged project-based learning
Community-engaged project-based learning is an educational approach that involves students working on real-world projects that address issues or opportunities within their local community. Decades of academic research demonstrate the educational advantages that come from students having the opportunity to apply their academic knowledge and skills in practical settings, while also engaging with and learning from members of the community. However, few formal classrooms utilize community-engaged project-based learning because of the additional time, resources, and expertise it requires.
I believe a multitude of new tools, support structures, and institutions must be collaboratively built over the next 20 years if community-engaged project-based learning is to become a realistic option for more teachers and students. I also believe academic research can provide a valuable set of perspectives and resources for advancing these efforts, and I am excited to play whatever part I can in helping to bring the dreams of community-engaged project-based learning activists like Grace Lee Boggs to life.
“What if instead of keeping our children isolated in classrooms for twelve years and more, we engaged them in community-building activities with the same audacity with which the civil rights movement engaged them in desegregation activities fifty years ago?”
- Grace Lee Boggs
If you would like to collaborate to build the digital tools we need for the community-engaged project-based classrooms of the future, please send an email to devonriter@gmail.com
If you would like to collaborate to build the digital tools we need for the community-engaged project-based classrooms of the future, please send an email to devonriter@gmail.com
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