Two Roads. One Educator. A Shared Journey.
Dr. Julie Marshall, Saluda Trail Middle School teacher in Rock Hill, South Carolina, shares her inspiring story of how active learning teaching methods and a double organ transplant empowered her students in surprising ways. She was one of the first recipients of the Steelcase Education Active Learning Center Grant which came at a serendipitous time. Dr. Marshall’s health challenges became a catalyst for learning and the new classroom helped improve student outcomes. Read more in Classroom Redesign Improves Reading.
A Two-Part Equation for Active Learning
Three educators boil down active learning into a two-part equation guaranteed to support student success and enhance teachers’ experiences in an active learning classroom.
Active Learning Fosters Soft Skills in Students
Employers are seeking students with strong soft skills, LaSalle College is using active learning pedagogy, tools and classrooms to teach these traits.
String Theory Schools: Redefining Urban Education
Jason Corosanite, co-founder and chief innovation officer of String Theory Schools, shares how their pedagogies challenge conventional assumptions and help kids discover what they love at an early age.
Three Perspectives on the Future of Higher Education
Experts in education tackle how flipped learning, 21st century skills and virtual and augmented reality will change the way students learn.
Teaching Tomorrow’s Teachers through Active Learning
The University of West Alabama used the Steelcase Education Active Learning Center Grant to engage students and faculty to learn in new ways.
Teaching Design Thinking to Solve Real World Problems
Professors at Appalachian State University empower students to use design thinking, solve serious problems and initiate change.
Creative Ways to Help Faculty Embrace Active Learning
Jefferson University is so committed to innovative teaching methods, they’ve given them a new name: Nexus Learning. Hear from Jeff Ashley, director of the Center for Teaching Innovation and Nexus Learning at Jefferson University, about his team’s methods for building a bigger and stronger active learning community on campus.
Why You Want a Noisy School Library: Q+A
The addition of an Active Learning Center helped the University of Saint Mary in Kansas take an active learning philosophy campuswide.
Active Learning Symposium Connects Educators
Steelcase Education hosted the first Active Learning Symposium partnering with educators to share research, foster community and advance active learning.
Educause Features Steelcase Education ALC Partner
An active learning champion from the University of Saint Mary in Kansas shared her school’s active learning journey at Educause.
School District Rethinks Creativity + Collaboration
How do you bring back the “buzz” in our schools? Dan Behm, superintendent of Forest Hills Public Schools in Grand Rapids, Michigan, wanted to banish boring and reinvigorate students, teachers and staff at all levels. Steelcase’s Applied Research + Consulting team worked with his district to rethink curiosity, collaboration and communication.