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Leveraging Technology to Engage Students in Meaningful Career-Focused Learning

Defined Learning

After 12 years of teaching in Florida’s public school system, Brian Tupper’s principal let him know he was considered a “non-fiction reading teacher”, rather than a World Cultures and Geography teacher.

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Building Career Aspirations in STEM: Helping Students See Their Future Selves

Defined Learning

For almost a decade I’ve started the school year by asking my urban elementary students to draw a picture of what they think a scientist does at work all day. Over the course of the year, I teach lessons that expose my students to a variety of different experiences that mirror what real scientists do.

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