Future of Schools

I am an architect licensed in the State of Arizona with a doctorate in education and educational projects in North America, South America and Africa. These journal essays are my way of exploring the learning experiences and environments that I believe would make school “juicy” and engaging, for students but also for teachers. As I invite educators to partner or respond to these essays, I hope to build a rich resource for both educators and architects as they imagine their own version of school. For those interested in collaborating on visioning their school, feel free to drop a note:

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Learning Dispositions

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Awe

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Settle for excellence, or strive for magic?
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Paul Freedman

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Hara

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How do you help your students develop the power of will?
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Learning Goals

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Self-Actualization

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Prioritizing Joy and Fulfillment.
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Learning Conditions

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Freedom

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The caged bird sings of Freedom.
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Ecstasy

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How do you attend to the emotional experience of your students?
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Beauty

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What has beauty got to do with anything important?
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Learning Experiences, Education, Conditions

Diane Di Prima, "Rant"

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Learning Obstacles

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Failure

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Do you help your students grapple with the ups and downs of life?
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Paul Freedman

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Education, future of school, future of schools, Learning Experiences, Obstacles

Boredom

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Variety and boredom: tools for learning?
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Where tests fail

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Learning Strategies

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Strategies

PO(w)

Strategies

Provoking new trains of thought.
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Strategies

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Write

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Communicating personal experience.
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Conversation

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The quality of a conversation is all in how we listen.
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Paul Freedman

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The Invitation

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Imagining school as an apprenticeship.
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Paul Freedman

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Play

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Games can be useful, but have you embraced the importance of Play?
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Paul Freedman

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Learning Actions

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Quest(ion)

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Imagine launching your students on an emotional search. Research.
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Paul Freedman

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Negotiation

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War and Peace.
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Leadership

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Teaching every student to lead.
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Taking responsibility for the energy of your space.
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Learning Experiences, Actions

Presented with black and white, do you teach grey or do you imagine color?
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Paul Freedman

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Daydreaming

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Creativity demands a wandering mind.
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Music

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What can we make of Music as a Learning Experience?
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Demolition

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Do you teach Demolition as the path to Creativity?
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Learning Experiences, Actions

Meditation

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Learning experiences that cultivate stillness, articulate purpose, and differentiate self.
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Paul Freedman

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Adventure

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Learning experiences that find inspiration in uncertainty
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Learning Environments

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Workshop Exercise

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Conference participants re-imagine schools.
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Professional Learning Communities

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Inviting teachers to professional workspace outside the classroom.
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The Educational Ecosystem

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Learning environments that make learning more visceral.
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Ecosystems

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Why is the athletic ecosystem so much richer than the academic ecosystem?
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Wilderness

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Encounters with the Sublime, Uncertainty,
and Complexity.
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Labyrinth

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Walking supports Creativity.
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Away

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Pause improves Learning.
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Shrine

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Honoring our Passions.
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Cave

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Time and place to turn inward.
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Nest

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An environment to offer nurture and solace.
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Attic

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Teaching through Mystery.
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Crucible

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A call to Engage and Participate.
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Classroom

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Modestly relevant, sometimes useful.
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Market

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Comparison shopping.
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Black Box

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Embodied learning through digital projection.
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Fireplace

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Inspiring Curiosity through Stories.
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Arena

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Building a Community.
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Garden

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Success = Beauty.
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Media Booth

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Storytelling.
Roel Krabbendam.

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Kiosk

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Let’s stop hiding all of our passions behind classroom walls.
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Library Cafe

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Defile that book!
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Big Map

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Truly, viscerally inspiring exploration.
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Sandbox

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Honoring both Initiative and Collaboration.
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Speaker's Corner

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Speak! Share your thoughts!
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Tent

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Outdoor learning.
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Video array

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A portal. An invitation.
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Situation Room

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Grappling with Complexity.
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Workshop

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Making the theoretical more visceral and tactile.
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