Leaving to Learn: How Out-of-School Learning Increases Student Engagement and Reduces Dropout RatesIn this provocative book, authors Washor and Mojkowski observe that beneath the worrisome levels of dropouts from our nation’s high school lurks a more insidious problem: student disengagement from school and from deep and productive learning. To keep students in school and engaged as productive learners through to graduation, schools must provide experiences in which all students do some of their learning outside school as a formal part of their programs of study. All students need to leave school—frequently, regularly, and, of course, temporarily—to stay in school and persist in their learning. To accomplish this, schools must combine academic learning with experiential learning, allowing students to bring real-world learning back into the school, where it should be recognized, assessed, and awarded academic credit. Learning outside of school, as a complement to in-school learning, provides opportunities for deep engagement in rigorous learning. |
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| Title | Leaving to Learn: How Out-of-School Learning Increases Student Engagement and Reduces Dropout Rates |
| Author | Elliot Washor, Charles Mojkowski |
| Publisher | Urban Fox Studios, 2013 |
| ISBN | 0325050724, 9780325050720 |
| Subjects | › › Education / Administration / Elementary & Secondary Education / Administration / Facility Management Education / Administration / General Education / Administration / School Superintendents & Principals Education / Behavioral Management Education / Comparative Education / Decision-Making & Problem Solving Education / Experimental Methods Education / General Education / Research Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General Juvenile Nonfiction / Study Aids / General |
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