300. Design Learning That Sparks Confidence with Ashley Price

About this episode

In this milestone episode, Ashley Price discusses how immersive, student-centered learning fosters confidence and connects classroom skills to real-world challenges.

In this milestone 300th episode of Learning Unboxed, we celebrate with Ashley Price, Director of Student Experiences and All Things Summer and Out-of-School Programming at the PAST Foundation. Together, we explore how immersive, student-centered learning helps young people build confidence, discover new interests, and connect classroom skills to real-world challenges in meaningful ways. We also dig into what makes these experiences work: student voice and choice, transdisciplinary design, authentic audiences, and the freedom to fail forward. Ashley shares how small shifts in practice can help educators create learning spaces that feel more engaging, relevant, and joyful for students. Join us to explore how we can make school feel a little more like summer camp and a lot more like real learning. To learn more, visit: pastfoundation.org We unbox: How student voice and choice shape deeper engagement and confidence Why real-world, transdisciplinary challenges make learning more meaningful How authentic audiences help students grow as communicators and creators Why failure, revision, and redesign are essential parts of learning What educators can do to bring informal learning…

People in this episode

Guest: Ashley Price

Topics covered

• student-centered learning
• confidence building
• real-world challenges
• transdisciplinary design
• educational practices

Keywords

• student voice
• choice
• authentic audiences
• failure
• revision
• redesign

Mentioned in this episode

Products: PAST Foundation

Books & works: Learning Unboxed

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