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Perceive, Know, Care About… Exploring the thoughts of species in the Nogeyama Zoo

By On June 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Class Blog, Culture of Thinking, Curriculum, Experiential Education, Ideas in Education

Before visiting the Nogeyama Zoo, second grade spent an hour or so looking at the list of species we would encounter, and finding images of them in their natural habitats. We printed several dozen of these and made a book of them to bring with us to compare with their zoo enclosures.

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Where is the Justice?

By On October 28, 2012 · 5 Comments · In COETAIL, Curriculum, Experiential Education, Ideas in Education, Service Learning

In the past few posts where I’ve explored my sense of what should be part of each school day I’ve looked at the value of hands-on, hearts-on learning, and of being outdoors, physical and creative. This time I want to look a little bit more at the content of the learning, […]

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Sweat, Sun & Imagination

By On September 30, 2012 · 3 Comments · In COETAIL, Curriculum, Experiential Education, Ideas in Education, Outdoor Education

By the end of this past summer I felt about as fit and in shape as I ever have. After having spent most days on the road, cycling over 1500 km and making nearly twenty short films, through the course of my Green Riders project, I was in a totally different […]

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3 Inspirations for Designing Time

By On September 16, 2012 · 5 Comments · In COETAIL, Curriculum, Design, Experiential Education, Ideas in Education, Technology in the Classroom

Coming off the back of my research on the world of timetabling, I find this lingering question of what should be part of each and every day. I suppose when I ask this, I’m mostly asking about a school day, because those are the bulk […]

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GREEN RIDERS: Southeast Asia

By On June 3, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Design, Experiential Education, Ideas in Education, Outdoor Education, Service Learning, Travel

I haven’t been pushing it much, but in just over three weeks I’ll be on the road for the summer, riding a bamboo bike thousands of kilometers across Southeast Asia in pursuit of stories of environmental struggles and successes, as well as interesting examples of social enterprise.

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