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Design-Based Learning Unwrapped: SXSW EDU Keynote with Doreen Gehry Nelson & Frank Gehry
Build Our Future keynote talk with Frank Gehry & Doreen Gehry Nelson
Styrofoam cities and avatars: how the Gehry siblings would redesign education
After a lifetime of challenging norms, Frank Gehry and Doreen Gehry Nelson share ideas for sparking change in the classroom by using Design-Based Learning.
With hands-on activities, my chemistry students are building cities of the future
In this article, teacher David Cameron describes how Design-Based Learning has transformed how he teaches high school chemistry.
Cultivating Curiosity: Book Launch for New Book by Doreen Gehry Nelson
The Cultivating Curiosity event to celebrate UCLA Education Alumna and Design-Based Learning Project Founding Director, Doreen Gehry Nelson, was featured in the department’s online newsletter The Latest by Laura Lindberg.
2022 Nevada STEAM Conference Keynote
2022 Nevada STEAM conference Keynote with Design-Based Learning Project Founding Director, Doreen Gehry Nelson, and Design-Based Learning Project Director, Jessica Heim.
Engaging Students Online, Applying the Doreen Nelson Method of Design-Based Learning, Backwards Thinking™ in a 4th Grade Classroom in the San Gabriel Unified School District
This article describes how a 4th grade class was learning using the Design-Based Learning method.
The Center for City Building Education: 6 ½ Steps of Backwards Thinking Explained
What is the Backwards Thinking™ process?
I was the type of student who found it impossible to keep simple eye contact, and I silenced my voice when the class needed diverse perspectives. Now, I am the student who is willing to sing in front of a student body of over 6,000 people.”
Former student, DBL Academic Design Program
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