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Item Details
Title:
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NO MORE ROBOTS
BUILDING KIDS' CHARACTER, COMPETENCE, AND SENSE OF PLACE |
By: |
Bob Coulter |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£27.20 |
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ISBN 10: |
1433124718 |
ISBN 13: |
9781433124716 |
Publisher: |
PETER LANG PUBLISHING INC |
Pub. date: |
19 August, 2014 |
Series: |
[Re]thinking Environmental Education 2 |
Pages: |
113 |
Description: |
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. |
Synopsis: |
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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US |
Imprint: |
Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
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Returnable |
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