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Place-based Education in Your Own Backyard

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Place-Based Education

in your own Backyard
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What is place-based Education?

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environmental education
outdoor education
service learning
community service
civic education
workplace education

"What sets place- and community-based education apart is the way that it strives to bring all of these strands together into a common framework for curriculum thinking and school design aimed at deepening students' connection to their communities in ways that make those communities better places to live." (Sobel, 2010, p. 21)

Concerns that our youth are growing less and less aware and concerned for the natural world around them- becoming nature deficit- Last Child in the Woods.
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inclusion of both human and the more-than-human

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"...is learning that is rooted in what is local - the unique history, environment, culture, economy, literature, and art of a particular place." (Sobel, 2010, p.23)

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Place-Based Education

  • community = context
  • student work focuses on community needs, interests
  • community members = resources, partners
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Examples of PBE

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Place-based education
www.promiseofplace.
org
Our Curriculum Matters www.
ourcurriculummatters.
com

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Examples

https://youtu.be/2sSDVIV7kdA
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WHy?

  • emphasizes authentic, real-world learning
  • increases academic achievement
  • develops stronger community ties
  • enhances appreciation for the natural world
  • heightens commitment to being an active, contributing citizen
  • meets many standards at once
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But HOW?

  • curriculum clearly grounded in local issues and possibilities
  • willingness of teachers to step beyond the lessons presented in texts and workbooks
  • invite students into the process, consider authentic products
  • develop partnerships with agencies outside the school
By its very nature, it cannot be standardized and will reflect the unique circumstances of the specific area, community, and school.
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Resources

"Our Curriculum Matters" http://www.ourcurriculummatters.com/index.php

"Promise of Place" http://www.promiseofplace.org

"Place-Based Education Evaluation Collaborative http://www.peecworks.org
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Resources

Smith, G. A., & Sobel, D. (2010). Place-and community- based education in schools. New York: Routledge.
(Book available through Amazon)

Project-based learning site:
www.bie.org

Find this presentation at:
https://www.slideshare.net/MelanieRuark
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APPS

  • iNaturalist
  • Nature's Notebook
  • National Park Service
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