When, Where, What, and How Youth Learn: Blurring School and Community Boundaries

Download or read book When, Where, What, and How Youth Learn: Blurring School and Community Boundaries written by Karen J. Pittman and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2003-04-16 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore ways to connect learning experiences that happen inside and outside school buildings and during and after the school day. This volume presents new structures and arrangements that are helping to meet the needs of vulnerable urban adolescents, and an innovative program to bring together schools, community organizations, policy makers and the general public to create learning-centered communities. It explores programs that are community-based-such as Chicago's After School Matters program, and programs for stimulating out-of-school free-choice learning to accomplish educational goals-as well as school-based programs.