This video looks at what the Environment as an Integrating Context (EIC) model is and shows how, through a 3-year study, improved students knowledge, skills and attitudes. The EIC model focuses on using a school's surrounding and community as a framework for students to construct their own learning and addresses how to most effectively teach on subject matters.
Available for free* two-week loan from:
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St. Paul MN 55155
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Closing the Achievement Gap: Using Environment as an Integrating Context in K-12 Education
Posted: September 11, 2019 by MAEE Administration
Category: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
This video looks at what the Environment as an Integrating Context (EIC) model is and shows how, through a 3-year study, improved students knowledge, skills and attitudes. The EIC model focuses on using a school's surrounding and community as a framework for students to construct their own learning and addresses how to most effectively teach on subject matters.