PLACE-AND COMMUNITY-BASED EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS by Gregory Alan Smith, David Sobel ( 9780415875196 )

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PLACE-AND COMMUNITY-BASED EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS

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Gregory Alan Smith, David Sobel

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0415875196

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

9 February, 2010

Series:

Sociocultural, Political and Historical Studies in Education

Pages:

184

Description:

Place and community-based education is an approach that addresses two critical gaps in the experience of many children growing up in the United States: contact with the natural world and contact with community. This book explains the purpose and nature of place and community-based education, and provides multiple examples of its practice.

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Place- and community-based education - an approach to teaching and learning that starts with the local - addresses two critical gaps in the experience of many children now growing up in the United States: contact with the natural world and contact with community. It offers a way to extend young people's attention beyond the classroom to the world as it actually is, and to engage them in the process of devising solutions to the social and environmental problems they will confront as adults. This approach can increase students' engagement with learning and enhance their academic achievement. Envisioned as a primer and guide for educators and members of the public interested in incorporating the local into schools in their own communities, this book explains the purpose and nature of place- and community-based education and provides multiple examples of its practice. The detailed descriptions of learning experiences set both within and beyond the classroom will help readers begin the process of advocating for or incorporating local content and experiences into their schools.

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