Full Description
The connection between place and education has always been complicated and in recent decades has mostly been ignored during the standardization era of education. This book provides a different lens to view this connection between place and education as one that is not optional, but inherent to all education. Furthermore, place is looked at not as an ingredient in educational practice, but as an outcome of education. Instead of merely considering how communities and landscapes can be incorporated into teaching practices, The Worlds Educators Create explores how educators can contribute toward the creation and meaning of the places themselves. By incorporating lenses from many fields of study, this book aims to create a unifying perspective of place beneficial for educators across content areas and grade levels. In so doing, educators are able to see the true impact of their work in shaping the places around them. Ultimately, The Worlds Educators Create calls for education to not merely occur in places, but contribute toward making the places themselves more just and equitable.
Contents
Dedication
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: Conceptualizing Place
Ch. 1 Work Worth Doing
Ch. 2 The Role of Place in Education
Ch. 3 Expansive Place and the Crisis of Connectedness
Ch. 4 The Person in Place
Ch. 5 Public Places and Spaces
Ch. 6 Emplacement in Teaching
Ch. 7 Gestalts and Principles of Expansive Teaching
PART II: Contextualizing Place
Ch. 8 Pedagogy of Place and Transformative Teaching
Ch. 9 Exposing More Students to Place
Ch. 10 Exposing Students to More Places
Ch. 11 Exposing Students to Place in More Contexts
Ch. 12 Exposing Students to More Perspectives of Place
Ch. 13 Toward Landscapes of Justice
Ch. 14 The Teacher Steward
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