Taking Education Outside of School
Examines teaching and learning in non-school contexts like museums and homes, analyzing how these settings define, constrain, and impact educational equity and career opportunities.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Compare and contrast best practices of teaching and learning in formal school and non-school contexts
Expand definitions of teaching and learning and explore the affordances and constraints of those definitions
Synthesize across past and current experiences, as well as the research literature, to identify salient features of non-school contexts including locations, duration, purpose, roles, etc
Evaluate how teaching and learning outside of schools disrupts and perpetuates structural inequities of formal schooling
Identify potential career paths involving teaching and learning outside schools
Source: UW Guide
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).
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Topics
- Teaching and learning in informal spaces such as museums, libraries, sports practices, and home environments.
- Defining teaching and learning, including the affordances and constraints of various definitions.
- Structural inequities in formal schooling and how non-school education interacts with them.
- Career paths in education outside of traditional school settings.
Skills
- Comparing and contrasting best practices of teaching and learning in formal and non-school contexts.
- Expanding definitions of teaching and learning and exploring their affordances and constraints.
- Synthesizing experiences and research literature to identify salient features of non-school contexts.
- Evaluating how out-of-school teaching and learning disrupt or perpetuate structural inequities.
- Identifying potential career paths involving teaching and learning outside schools.
Grades
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Explore recorded gradesRecorded 2026-10-14
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