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• Project Based Learning can unlock the potential of young people to advance social causes while gaining valuable skills and experiences.
• How can other schools adopt similar models to allow students to learn and grow while making positive contributions to society? How can these programs be designed to maximize learning, social impact, equity, and inclusion?
• Find out why equity is an essential feature of Project Based Learning.
Nearly three years ago, my co-teacher and I asked our sophomores to begin a mental health project. We’re a project-based learning school and we were launching our second project of the year in our integrated course called Behavioral Studies which combines English with psychology.
We didn’t choose an end product, and instead, let our students decide what they wanted to do. We had done our research and knew what they would encounter when they did their research. We had only one parameter: whatever they decided, they needed to involve the community.
In the end, the students wanted to start one of Idaho’s first mental health awareness campaigns which they named More Than a Stigma. Their goal was to educate their community, reach out to schools, provide informational seminars and fundraise for local non-profit mental health resources. And that’s just what they did. We’re now into year three of More Than a Stigma with a new batch of sophomores.
Read the full article on More Than a Stigma by Anna Durfee at Getting Smart