Academy for Educational Development

About the Photos:

In this narrated visual field trip, Marco Javier, a senior designer with AED Social Change Design, reflects on his journey to Peru, where he photographed AED's AprenDes project. Through AprenDes, AED is improving the quality of schools in the San Martin region. While visiting remote rural schools, Marco took the same grueling five-hour trip that the AED field staff take daily.

He was struck by how teachers provided instruction in multi-grade classrooms where the walls were covered with student work, and how the delighted children were actively engaged in their education and working together in groups to apply their knowledge. 

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