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ERIC Number: EJ615507
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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Learning about Life and Death Issues: Even Young Children Can Understand.
Active Learner: A Foxfire Journal for Teachers, v5 n2 p14-17 Sum 2000
The teacher of an inclusive K-3 class in Pike County, Kentucky, chose coal as a topic because it had meaning to her students and they could use the community as a learning laboratory. Although a democratic classroom fostered student ownership of the material, older and younger students had different motivational requirements. (TD)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Coal, Death, Educational Practices, Experiential Learning, Learner Controlled Instruction, Local History, Mining, Mixed Age Grouping, Place Based Education, Primary Education, Relevance (Education), Student Projects, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kentucky
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