How do we create a context whereby the goal is not just to learn this skill for the sake of doing well on a standardized test, it is to understand hot to solve a problem or challenge that we all care about?
Literacy, numeracy, historical, scientific, linguistic skills can all become contextualized within a curriculum that matters to the students. The most important part of the curriculum is the actual meaning that is being constructed. This is the "why" to the curriculum. This answers the question, "Why are we bothering to spend our time on this topic in the first place?" It addresses some problem, challenge, or opportunity in society that we are curious about helping to understand, contribute towards a solution to, or advocate for.
