Landscape Model of Learning: Designing Student-Centered Experiences for Cognitive and Cultural Inclusion (Research-based teaching strategies for DEI and school improvement)

Help students take the lead on reaching their own personal highest level of success by shifting from the current paradigm of education to create a more meaningful and inclusive learning ecosystem. This essential guide offers the landscape model and its three elements: understanding what students bring to the ecosystem, defining the horizon, and charting the pathway. Access practical strategies for drawing on students’ experiences and strengths to create a more meaningful and inclusive educational ecosystem. Educators committed to lifelong learning, diversity, equity, and inclusion will:Retire the inadequate goal of access and move education toward the higher and more urgent, equitable goal of helping every student reach their highest possible level of individual successEmbrace the concept of inclusive prosperity, which goes beyond diversity to accepting and supporting all students—their experiences, gifts, and challenges—to build communities where all students belongReceive practical, research-based strategies for developing agency and engagement so that students become the protagonists of their journey through the learning ecosystemDesign systems for student protagonism by implementing student-centered strategies for cognitive and cultural inclusionObtain reproducible tools to deepen understanding and implementation of the materialLearn how to successfully implement the model despite common hurdles and potential challenges, such as traditional academic contexts and economically disenfranchised schoolsContents:IntroductionPart 1: Understanding the Landscape ModelChapter 1: The Landscape Model’s Three ElementsChapter 2: Eight Guiding PrinciplesPart 2: Implementing the Landscape ModelChapter 3: Element One: The EcosystemChapter 4: Element Two: The HorizonChapter 5: Element Three: The PathwayPart 3: Leading the Landscape ModelChapter 6: Student Growth Assessment on the LandscapeChapter 7: Challenges of ImplementationChapter 8: Landscape Model Implementation for Long-Term SuccessChapter 9: Opportunities for the FutureEpilogue: Why This Work MattersAppendixReferences and ResourcesIndex Read more