Transformational Learning Principles
NURTURE & EMPOWER
NURTURE
CULTIVATE BELONGING
Educators prioritize relationship building in physical and virtual spaces. They strive to create learning cultures that ensure students’ safety and belonging and foster life skills such as empathy, creativity, and collaboration.
EMPOWER
PRIORITIZE AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCES
Educators create opportunities for students to apply and extend their learning in meaningful, real-world contexts. They facilitate authentic performance-based projects and assessments that elevate students’ roles as designers, creators, collaborators, and problem-solvers.
Transformative Learning Principles Addressed
Cultivate Belonging. One of the fundamental goals of education is the development of identity. Astrolabio is a learning strategy that encourages students to recognize different places as extensions of themselves and their community. The aim is to foster a greater appreciation for public spaces and shared resources, increase engagement with common issues, and strengthen empathy toward other community members. Empower+. Astrolabio benefits from places that allow students to immerse themselves in real-world contexts, facilitating unique and meaningful learning experiences. While the strategy’s design enables students to acquire knowledge that aids in navigating spaces, its implementation provides them with the experience of contrasting their knowledge with real-world elements.