Building capacity for place-based education in a rural elementary school

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dc.contributor.authorBarfoot, Sean
dc.contributor.supervisorAnthony, Robert
dc.contributor.supervisorNahachewsky, James
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-29T23:27:33Z
dc.date.available2014-04-29T23:27:33Z
dc.date.copyright2014en_US
dc.date.issued2014-04-29
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction
dc.degree.levelMaster of Education M.Ed.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis project examines the educational challenges of building capacity for Place-Based Education (PBE) in a rural elementary school on North Vancouver Island. The questions influencing my project were: (1) What is PBE? (2) What are the benefits of engaging teachers in connecting curriculum to their local community? (3) What are the barriers of PBE? and, (4) How can the barriers be mitigated to building capacity for actualizing PBE in a rural elementary school on North Vancouver Island? The project had several stages including determining the definition, benefits and barriers of PBE through the existing literature; and collaboratively developing a document revealing the local assets in our community that can be connected to curriculum. Analysis of the document revealed a desire to connect learning to the natural world, prompting a student-centered initiative to create an outdoor classroom and interpretive trail in a local park.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/5324
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectPlace-Based Education
dc.subjectCollaboration
dc.subjectOutdoor Education
dc.subjectEnvironmental Education
dc.titleBuilding capacity for place-based education in a rural elementary schoolen_US
dc.typeprojecten_US

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