Student-Centered Learning

These films look specifically at ways in which school leaders and educators are testing and proving project-based models for a new, student-centered model of learning.

This collection -- which includes profiles of school innovators David "T.C." Ellis, Jean Johnson, and Larry Rosenstock, as well as a profile of school architect Randall Fielding -- explores collaborative, creative, multi-disciplinary approaches to engaging students. Each leader has developed personalized, project-based approaches for students that encourage them to take ownership of the ways in which they learn and present what they know. Together, these films suggest just how much young people can achieve when their education is well aligned to their own natural interests.

Featured Films:

In addition to an introduction to Student-Centered Learning, this section contains:

David "T.C." Ellis: Essential Learning at Hip Hop High

Randall Fielding: Designing Schools for 21st Century Learning

Jean Johnson, Notschool.net: Online Learning for Disaffected Youth

Larry Rosenstock: Project-based Learning at High Tech High