impact

Post Pigeon EDU’s curiosity-centered curriculum involves practicing important skills like oral communication, observation, and other “21st-century skills” that can serve them well in all arenas of life. 

Developing these durable skills are critical for development and future success. Notably, a study that sought to identify the most critical 21st-century skills by conducting an empirical examination of real-world job advertisements found that, “the four most in-demand 21st-century skills found across roughly 142,000 job advertisements were oral communication and written communication, collaboration, and problem solving” (Rios et al., 2020). Through our curriculum, students work together to learn about new places, collaborate on and write questions to outdoor leaders, and think about what problems they can help solve in their own communities.  

A Stanford study conducted on the relationship between inquiry-based learning, technology, and curriculum design points out that “participation in inquiry can provide students with the opportunity to achieve three inter-related learning objectives: the development of general inquiry abilities, the acquisition of specific investigation skills, and the understanding of science concepts and principles.” In other words, “ inquiry provokes active learning and student agency through questioning, consideration of possibilities and alternatives, and application of knowledge.”

Sparking curiosity and deeper levels of inquiry and exploration are key goals of our program. 

As the world becomes increasingly globalized and technology changes the flow and dissemination of information, we believe that learning should not be confined within the walls of a classroom. As Linda Christensen explains, “our students need opportunities to transform themselves, their writing, and their reading, but they also need opportunities to take that possibility for transformation out of the classroom and into the world” (2009). It is important to create opportunities for real-world examples and connections to encourage taking real-world action.