Consequential Learning

Authors

  • Jack Shelton University of Alabama

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47381/aijre.v14i1.498

Keywords:

consequential learning, rural education, rural development, public outcomes

Abstract

Consequential Learning (CL) is an approach to rural education and development that links schools to communities through curricular and extracurricular projects and courses, in which students, using the tools and concepts of academic, technical, artistic, and business disciplines, are challenged to produce consequential public outcomes. Students, school staff, and external resource persons form a team to determine and complete projects that make a difference in the well-being of communities. The projects defme new roles and develop new skills for students and teachers; they involve, for clearly articulated tasks, "outsiders" who bring new expertise, opportunities, connections, and resources into schools. CL projects and approaches help delineate new purposes for schools (including community development and gathering local information) and c1arifybasic issues of education and community enhancement They demonstrate the potential for school and community partuerships to improve educational quality and community life.

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Published

01-03-2004

How to Cite

Shelton, J. (2004). Consequential Learning. Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 14(1), 17–31. https://doi.org/10.47381/aijre.v14i1.498

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2004): Education in Rural Australia

Section

JOURNAL PAPERS

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