Partnerships in Learning: A Collaborative Project between Higher Education Students and Elementary School Students

Peggi E. Hunter; Nisha D. Botchwey

doi:10.1007/s10755-016-9363-x

Partnerships in Learning: A Collaborative Project between Higher Education Students and Elementary School Students

Peggi E. Hunter, Nisha D. Botchwey

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Higher education and K-12 school partnerships are typically designed with an end-goal that serves the instructional needs of one group over the other. For this project, a university professor and elementary school instructor used problem-based and project-based learning strategies to design a curriculum that served the academic needs of both groups of students. Undergraduate students in an urban planning course partnered with elementary students from a local school to work on an interdependent civic engagement project. The partnership provided innovative, twenty-first teaching for both groups of students while also reinforcing public service.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	77-90
Number of pages	14
Journal	Innovative Higher Education
Volume	42
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10755-016-9363-x
State	Published - Feb 1 2017
Externally published	Yes

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21st century teaching
Civic engagement
Innovative instruction
Partnerships

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