Urban Classroom Rainforest Installation: A Portal for Student Learning
This article describes the ways transformative curriculum making led to the creation of an immersive urban classroom ecosystem installation in a second-grade classroom. Both teachers and students engaged in science-based learning experiences through this immersive installation. Students' sensor...
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Published in | Schools (Chicago, Ill.) Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 92 - 114 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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University of Chicago Press
01.03.2020
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Summary: | This article describes the ways transformative curriculum making led to the creation of an immersive urban classroom ecosystem installation in a second-grade classroom. Both teachers and students engaged in science-based learning experiences through this immersive installation. Students' sensory learning experiences yielded a robust ecological understanding of the rainforests and a sense of care and concern for the organisms that live within it. This research points to the ways immersive education can be a catalyst for students to use their imaginations when learning science content. |
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ISSN: | 1550-1175 |
DOI: | 10.1086/708358 |