A Learning Story is a tool to help teachers with structured planning of a 3D building project. It’s a narrative description (= story) written by the teacher about the activity to be carried out by the learners that is yet to happen; thus creating the context in which the learners act. It includes five constants and seven stages.
The 5 constants:
1. The students will be the ones building (not the teacher)
2. Plan before building
3. Balance between constraints and degrees of freedom
4. Working in a team (3-5 students)
5. Establishing time limits
The 7 stages:
1. Initial lesson
2. Definition
3. Ideation
4. Planning
5. Implementation
6. Evaluation
7. Feedback
For a detailed description of the approach, see the attached document or download it from the link below:
The approach was also presented in the Excalibur Education Evening E. You can view the recording here.
Below you can see two examples of a Learning Story.
Note that they are partially based on real Excalibur project cases, and the pictures are taken from these cases.
Author: Andrea Benassi
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