What is a Community Classroom?
A Community Classroom is an opportunity for cultural and educational immersion!
This innovative curriculum-based program moves student learning “beyond the classroom” into a community venue for a period of days, not hours – this is more than a field trip!
There has been a shift in education practice that moves away from subject-specific content and emphasizes “big ideas” that span multiple subject areas. With this in mind, the Community Classroom allows for engaging, concept-based learning in a unique, historical community space. Children learn best through active engagement, in other words, by doing!
The Community Classroom learning experience offers teachers and students the opportunity to move beyond their classroom to a community venue for hands-on, multi-sensory, experiential learning. Meeting Alberta Education learning outcomes and curriculum expectations through meaningful, cross-curricular connections to the real world, this experience enhances active student learning. Students and teachers use this new “classroom” to engage in learner-led, inquiry-based learning and exploration through tours, journaling, viewing, observation and a host of creative interactive activities.
