Learning From & Acting With Community Partners in Uganda
Description
Essential Question:
How might we empower students to build community connections as an extension of their learning in the classroom?
Key Takeaways:
- Integrating the UN Sustainable Development Goals into an existing learning experience
- Extending learning beyond the classroom through community partnerships
- How to break down a big global issue by exploring what this issue looks like, sounds like and feels like in our own communities
- Celebrating and showcasing our learning in our community
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Episode Summary
On this episode, we visit the International School of Uganda to connect with grade 5 students to celebrate their work in the PYP exhibition. My guests Leah, Lila, Mya, Ariel, Reagan, & Fin share their story with me about how they connected with global issues that they cared about personally, designed their own inquiry, and went on a learning journey to become more deeply aware of these issues and how the impact their local community. They participated in field trips and site visits around Uganda to connect and learn from community partners to determine an impactful action that they might be able to take to advocate for and raise awareness about these important issues. We had some technical difficulties with Internet connection during the interview, and in some places, our sound quality is not 100%, but I would encourage you to focus on the story and the transformative learning that these students were engaged in and shared out with their community at the PYP exhibition..
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