
- 113 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This book was named a 2015 Choice magazine Outstanding Academic Title. Place-based education offers a compelling opportunity to engage students in the life of their community. More than just taking a field trip, participants in a place-based project make sustained efforts to make a difference and learn basic skills along the way. Academic concepts come to life as real-world problems are investigated from a local angle. Even global issues can be connected to the community, such as the high school in Missouri that linked local land-use choices to the «dead zone» in the Gulf of Mexico. For teachers, place-based projects offer a chance for professional revitalization as they orchestrate complex and meaningful learning environments that go well beyond scripted curriculum mandates. Both teachers and students benefit from a new level of agency as they take ownership of their work. Drawing on his own experience as a teacher and more than a decade of work supporting teachers in crafting their own projects, the author outlines the many benefits of place-based education and describes the challenges that must be overcome if we are to realize its potential.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface. Restoring the Craft of Teaching and Learning
- Chapter 1. Place-Based Education—Building on a Progressive Legacy
- Chapter 2. Fledging Students to Be Active Agents in the World
- Chapter 3. Place-Based Education—Teaching Beyond the Script
- Chapter 4. Planning for Place-Based Learning
- Chapter 5. Reframing Childhood, Reframing Teaching Practice
- References