Full Description
Place-based education is growing rapidly in popularity, as more and more educators recognise the benefits and opportunities it offers to students. This book focuses on the research and practice of place-based education, or PBE, presenting ideas and strategies for enhancing learning through community participation and real world experiences.
The book defines a philosophical framework for PBE, present research paradigms and methodologies adopted by the field and critique a range of pedagogical approaches. Drawing on a series of international and interdisciplinary case studies, chapters build on a theoretical framework with solid practice examples and strategies to locate learning in real-world communities and places. Written in an accessible style, each chapter is framed by reflective questions, present current thinking, include case studies and tasks for practitioners and end with questions for discussion and suggest further reading.
Situating PBE for the first time in a UK context, this book will be of interest to school-based educators are the opportunities for curriculum enhancement in science, environmental education, outdoor education, the humanities, technology and the cultural arts.
Contents
Foreword Preface Part 1 Theory and Practice 1. An Introduction to Place Based Education and Learning 2. Theoretical perspectives 3. PBE Practice perspectives Part 2 Typology of PBL and PBE 4. Research 5. Pedagogy Part 3 Case studies of research in PBE 6. Developing a community place-based curriculum through science, technology, sustainability and the environment 7. A Pedagogy of "Organized Chaos": Ecological Learning in Primary Schools 8. Place-Based Education Is an Intergenerational Practice 9. Children's Participation in Waste Management Activities as a Place-Based Approach to Environmental Education 10. "Up at the Shieling": Place-Based Action Research Part 4 Case studies of practice in the field Introduction 11. Watsonville Area Teens Conserving Habitats (WATCH) Connecting with Their Community's Watershed 12. Narrative story telling 13. A Home for Herps Is Also a Place for People Part 5 The impact of PBL 14. Key evidence of the impact, benefit and outcomes of PBE 15. Future directions and approaches
