We can use flexible pathway opportunities to differentiate instruction.
Please find some ideas below:
1. Experiential Learning: We have been learning experientially (by doing) our entire lives. We learned how to walk by practicing, reflecting, understanding, and repetition - without anyone telling us how to do it. We did it naturally. No matter what we are learning, we can learn to do it through experiential learning experiences.
2. Place-Based Learning: According to Tom Vander Ark and his team at GettingSmart.com, Place-Based Education (PBE) is an approach to education that takes advantage of geography to make learning authentic, meaningful and engaging for learners. PBE is defined as an immersive learning experience that “places students in local heritage, cultures, landscapes, opportunities and experiences–using these as a foundation for the study of language arts, mathematics, social studies, science and other subjects across the curriculum” (2019).
Pictured below is an example of a Place-Based (Expanded) Learning Opportunity.
1. Experiential Learning: We have been learning experientially (by doing) our entire lives. We learned how to walk by practicing, reflecting, understanding, and repetition - without anyone telling us how to do it. We did it naturally. No matter what we are learning, we can learn to do it through experiential learning experiences.
2. Place-Based Learning: According to Tom Vander Ark and his team at GettingSmart.com, Place-Based Education (PBE) is an approach to education that takes advantage of geography to make learning authentic, meaningful and engaging for learners. PBE is defined as an immersive learning experience that “places students in local heritage, cultures, landscapes, opportunities and experiences–using these as a foundation for the study of language arts, mathematics, social studies, science and other subjects across the curriculum” (2019).
Pictured below is an example of a Place-Based (Expanded) Learning Opportunity.