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Download full textShelton, Jack – 2000
The PACERS Small Schools Cooperative is an association of 29 small public schools in 25 communities in rural Alabama whose goal is to keep schools open by making visible their viability. To that end, the schools of the cooperative develop appropriate curricular and extracurricular opportunities for schools and students that involve the people in…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Change Agents, Cooperatives, Educational Change
Shelton, Jack – Active Learner: A Foxfire Journal for Teachers, 2000
Jack Shelton, teacher, minister, and community builder, describes the benefits of education that is active, relevant, and involved in the community. As coordinator of a cooperative of 29 small rural Alabama schools that enables teachers to implement experiential educational approaches rooted in community study and service, he discusses the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
