"Edutopia"
Content, Program, Organization
Summary
Edutopia, a program of the George Lucas Educational Foundation
Our Foundation is dedicated to transforming K-12 education so that all students can acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to thrive in their studies, careers, and adult lives. Founded by innovative and award-winning filmmaker George Lucas in 1991, we take a strategic approach to improving K-12 education through two distinct areas of focus: Edutopia and Lucas Education Research.
Core Strategies for Innovation and Reform in Learning
Find resources to help you implement six transformational strategies: project-based learning, social and emotional learning, comprehensive assessment, teacher development, integrated studies, and technology integration.
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT
Effective assessment should measure the full range of student ability—social, emotional, and academic achievement. Through various measures, including portfolios, presentations, and tests, multiple learning styles are supported.
INTEGRATED STUDIES
To increase engagement and retention, academic subjects are presented in an interdisciplinary fashion that reflects modern knowledge and society. For instance history, literature, and art can be interwoven and taught through text, images, and sound.
PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
Long term and student centered, project-based learning is a rigorous hands-on approach to learning core subject matter and basic skills with meaningful activities that examine complex, real-world issues. Project-based learning helps students develop and retain useful, working knowledge of subjects that are often taught in isolation and abstraction.
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
Educators must always hone their craft. Discover the many formal and informal professional learning programs and practices keeping teachers at the top of their game.
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING
When students work together on teams, they learn to collaborate, communicate, and resolve conflicts. Cooperative learning and character development supports the social and emotional development of students and prepares them for success in the modern workplace.
TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION
Through the intelligent use of technology, combined with new approaches to education, a more personalized style of learning can be realized.
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