Why We Learn
An online Education as Transformation course
The programs in this course begin with foundational principles and offer supporting practices. We highly encourage you to participate in the sessions in chronological order. Take time for the practicum activities, discussing outcomes with a colleague or cohort before moving on to the next session.
Session 1: Welcome to Why We Learn (Back to Top)
Think about what motivates young people. Should we offer only a vision of what and how to learn - or also why to learn? Discover how this course can reward you with new insights on the topic.
Session 2: The Most Important Day of a Teacher's Life (Back to Top)
How can research-based pedagogy affect not just your job but your joy as an educator? Explore the relationship between peak experiences and purpose – for both teachers and learners.
Session 3: Scaffolded Learning Units (Back to Top)
An educator must envision the end before the beginning (i.e., must visualize the desired outcome in order to create a plan that achieves it). However, the order of the teacher's planning may differ from the order in which the student best experiences the learning. In this session, you will practice a series of steps that trigger motivation for your whole class.
Session 4: Purposeful Classroom Management (Back to Top)
How do your classroom management goals align with your approach to curriculum and instruction? Learn strategies that promote classroom norms related to social cohesion, self-mastery, and a higher sense of purpose.
Session 5: Planning Tools (Back to Top)
Coherent planning tools can help you refine your approach to learning. Refer back to this session from the time you identify the link between community needs and academic goals until the time you assess your students' growth.
Session 6: Human Contact and Human Conflict (Back to Top)
Do relationships tend to enhance or limit learning within your school community? The strategies in this session contextualize both academic and authentic conflict resolution opportunities, leading to more effective communication, empathy, and problem solving.
Session 7: Educating the Next Generation of Climate Change Agents (Back to Top)
When asked about his vision of the future, an 8-year-old recently said, "I wonder whether it will be a healthy or unhealthy world, because of climate change." This session offers ideas for designing learning units that help each child apply their unique strengths to fulfill their hope for a healthy world.
Session 8: Technology and the Wisdom Exchange (Back to Top)
The increasing emphasis on technology in 21st century learning has challenged teachers everywhere to balance "access to information" with "access to wisdom." How can learners better evaluate the sources and context of media messages and become savvy to the enduring value of lived experience?
Session 9: Loving the Exceptional Learner (Back to Top)
Every classroom includes students of varied learning styles, capacities, and challenges. How can the school honor each learner's best potential while helping the group practice supportive roles in a diverse society – in very practical ways?
Session 10: Wishing on a North Star (Back to Top)
Educators and learners alike long for meaningful lives. Inspire your students' altruistic instincts, passions, and peak experiences, to activate their highest capacity for improving well-being for their human and all living beings.
Session 11: Next Steps and Certificate of Completion (Back to Top)
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