Learning Is Relational: Designing for Meaningful Connection

Relational learning begins with connection. At GOA, we know that students make a deeper, lasting connection to their learning in three key ways: through agency, application, and community. This resource shows how GOA positions relational learning at the center of each course, so those three pillars take shape and strengthen students’ relationships with the content, with their peers, and with their teacher. It’s for educators and school leaders who want to see what that design looks like in practice, and what students say about learning this way.

Inside this resource:

• The three pillars of relational learning and the three essential relationships
• GOA's five course design principles, including application-based assessment and the teacher as coach
• Student, alumni, and school leader perspectives, with survey data