Deeper Learning includes the many learner-centered pedagogical strategies that truly engage learners, deepening their learning, making it more meaningful, and encouraging them to take ownership of their learning journey. Deeper Learning pedagogical approaches occur within, between, and beyond the disciplines. Not TO and FOR, but WITH and FROM the learner.
Who do we want our learners to become?
What are the most crucial skills, abilities and dispositions for our students to develop?
GLOBALLY & CULTURALLY COMPETENT CITIZEN
PRODUCTIVE COLLABORATOR
EMERGING INNOVATOR
PREPARED & RESILIENT LEARNER
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR
How do we help learners develop these skills, abilities, and dispositions?
Creating Learning Environments
Voice, Choice, Agency & Engagement
Restorative Practice
Caring, Democratic Classrooms
Equitable & Inclusive Environments
Mindfulness & Contemplative Education
Culturally Responsive Practice
Learning Spaces & Schedules
Educational Technology
Designing Learning Experiences
Service Learning & Internships
Simulations & Experiential Learning
Competency-Based Education
Engaging in Core Content Concepts, Skills, & Knowledge
How do we empower learners to demonstrate their learning and growth?
Why are these questions so essential?
The Future of Work
The Institute for the Future collaborates with the University of Phoenix research institute to identify emerging themes and trends in the global economy, including but not limited to the increase of automation and emerging new medias. Here you'll find background to their research and a PDF brief of their findings.
The Future of Learning
The experts at KnowledgeWorks have synthesized countless workplace visits and interviews into a analysis of how empathy, perspective-taking, and other student dispositions will play an important role for our students in their future. You can find a summary infographic below.
Leading for The Future of Learning
In this PDF, you can download an overview of the research outlined on the left.
How do I get started?
Contact the JCPS Deeper Learning Team
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