‘Hope Builders’ is a video about a new teaching method that is being tested in an elementary school in Québec to prepare the next generation of students to take up environmental challenges. Under the supervision of their teacher, students are learning to identify, analyze and resolve a problem that exists in their world. They are also learning about the uncertainty faced by those who want to change things. Hope Builders is a unique and invaluable witness to this educational experimental project.
The video documents the true incorporation of self-directed and project-based learning in a real-life scenario in which learners share the responsibility to collectively create their own learning (under the guidance of a teacher), the end result of which is demonstrable in the community.
Check it out here: http://films.nfb.ca/hope-builders