Part 1: Connect: Connect Like Your Learning (And Life) Depends on It 1. The People-Based Learning Challenge 2. The Science and Wisdom of People-Based Learning 3. The People-Based Learning Model Part 2: Reflect: Ask (Yourself and Others) Better Questions 4. The PeBL Skills Not Taught in Schools 5. Circles of Connection Framework 6. A Field Guide to PeBL Part 3: Affect: Step Out, Experiment, Bring Ideas to Life 7. The Zones of Belonging 8. Measuring What Matters or Assessment With, Not Just Of 9. The Future is People-Based
Biography
Jane R. Shore is the founder of School of Thought and a learning scientist and gathering strategist known for meaningful connections and memorable experiences. Shore helps individuals involved in teaching and learning across settings connect with innovations and each other, co-creating human-centered, People-Based Learning through her convenings, writing, and advisory work. She has served as a workshop facilitator and a keynote speaker at national and international education conferences and has been publishing in academic journals for almost two decades.
"Brilliant and deeply human. People-Based Learning is a welcome call to return to how we learn best—through connection."
—Dr. Marissa King, Distinguished Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and author of Social Chemistry: Decoding the Patterns of Human Connection
"People-Based Learning beautifully articulates something many of us intuitively know but rarely name: we change by learning from each other, and learning is a living experiment shaped by relationships. Essential reading for anyone thinking about the future of education, work, or community."
—Anne-Laure Le Cunff, founder of Ness Labs and author of Tiny Experiments
"It's often a hollow cliche to declare that "learning is social." Jane Shore's expansive look at history, pedagogy, human development, and art grounds that sentiment in a rich picture of what's possible when we center learning on and in connection, not just content.
What if rising generations got to attend schools that let them out into the world and welcomed the real world in? What if those schools didn't just claim to be communities, but felt like them? What if those schools allowed kids to better know others and themselves, and in turn be capable of and inspired to shape the world they occupy together?
With a deft hand, delightful drawings, and detailed activities, People-Based Learning illuminates the path to building these schools, one scientific study and strategy at a time. The approach is at once softer and bolder, more real—and in turn, more rigorous—than conventional education reforms. The result? A vision for a system of education grounded in the kind of wisdom, creativity, and connection that our kids need, our adults crave, and that our emerging economy actually demands."
—Julia Freeland Fisher, Director of Education Research, The Clayton Christensen Institute and author of Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations that Expand Students' Networks
"People-Based Learning reflects what developmental neuroscience tells us about how humans learn best: we learn most deeply when learning is socially meaningful, emotionally engaging, and connected to purpose. Jane Shore offers a practical, human framework for designing learning environments, in schools, workplaces, and communities, that support people’s growth into engaged, connected adults."
-—Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Fahmy and Donna Attallah Chair in Humanistic Psychology, Director, USC Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning and Education
