Cultivating life skills at a project-based charter school

被引:2
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作者
Wurdinger, Scott [1 ]
Enloe, Walter [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Minnesota State Univ, Mankato, MN 56001 USA
[2] Hamline Univ, St Paul, MN USA
[3] EdVis, Henderson, MN USA
关键词
advisories; democratic process; EdVisions; high school; non-traditional; self-directed learning;
D O I
10.1177/1365480211399749
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Surveys that focused on academic and life skill development were collected from alumni who attended Avalon Charter School in St Paul, Minnesota. Avalon is a small public charter school that uses project-based learning as their primary teaching method. Forty-two alumni responded to the online survey. Students ranked life skills such as creativity, problem solving, and time management extremely high, whereas academic skills such as note taking and test taking were ranked much lower. Students graduate from this school with a strong sense of purpose and self-confidence, which helps them become productive members of society.
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页码:84 / 96
页数:13
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