Chapter 10 Going Beyond the Classroom

"Many academic concepts come alive when presented in a context outside of school."(176). Teachers who are able to bring the lessons outside of the classroom and can do hands on activities have a higher rate of participation. This stands out because when the material grabs attention and can relate to real life students are more willing to pay attention. Academic concepts can be related to outside of school it just requires extra thinking on behalf of the teacher.

In high school I always remember the hands on experiences of the events which were related to my life personally. I know that when we learned outside of the classroom it was much easier to tak in information and to maintain focus on the material. I believe that this applies to almost all students and when it can be personally related to ones life they have more reason to learn the information.