Professor of Teacher Education and Social Studies Seattle University Seattle, Washington, United States
Short Description: Project-Based Storypath is grounded in a belief that students learn best when they have agency (voice, choice, and autonomy) as active participants in their own learning. Storypath organizes projects as an inquiry process employing the narrative structure of setting, characters, and plot (critical incidents). This session will demonstrate how park planners (the characters) create a park for their community.
Learning Objectives:
Apply the Project-Based Storypath approach to one’s own teaching. Materials will be provided that will demonstrate how to adapt this approach to one’s own classroom setting.
Apply this approach to meet the varied needs of culturally and linguistically diverse class. Examples will be provided examining how students' identities and assets are affirmed through this instructional approach.
Explain how children’s understandings of their social and cultural identities and democratic responsibilities develop at a young age and how the Storypath approach can facilitate and support such learning opportunities.
