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Starting at the End: Alaska Project-Based Learning Expert Helena Fagan Insists That Good Projects Are Designed "Backward"--That Is, What Do We Want Kids To Know When They're Done? Interview.
Fagan, Helena; Sherman, Lee – Northwest Education, 2002
In this interview, Alaska's statewide trainer in project-based learning recommends that teachers plan projects by identifying the desired results, determining acceptable evidence, then planning the learning experience. Project-based learning encourages teacher collaboration and engages students so that learning becomes relevant. Teachers should…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Active Learning, Community Involvement, Educational Planning
Fin and Feather: Lessons Both Old and New Are Found in the Familiar Splash of the Salmon and the Novel Cluck of the Chicken.
Weeds, Denise Jarrett – Northwest Education, 2002
Descriptions of students projects raising chickens and studying salmon illustrate how project-based learning engages high-risk Alaska Native students. Projects make learning relevant, involve the community, increase student self-esteem, and help students and teachers bond with each other. A 4-day workshop for teachers emphasized how projects must…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Active Learning, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education