Place-Based Education: Improving Learning While Connecting Students to Community and Environment
| dc.contributor.author | Pasiechnyk, Corissa | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Wiebe, Michelle | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-19T20:52:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-04-19T20:52:58Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2018 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-04-19 | |
| dc.degree.department | Department of Curriculum and Instruction | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Education M.Ed. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Place-based education is emerging as a progressive response to the standardized, decontextualized curricula that has historically and contemporarily characterized our education system. With foundations in environmental education, community-based education, inquiry, and action learning, there exist many variations of place-based education. Calling into question the purpose and definition of education, place-based education can provide educators and students with real-life learning while developing an appreciation and understanding of local places, fostering a sense of community, and promoting students’ agency in order to do meaningful work and answer important questions. Whereas many scholars in the field adopt and build on the concept of a “critical pedagogy of place”, many acknowledge this contribution to the literature and then explore a version of place-based education that can enhance student learning and achievement within standard objectives and discrete subject courses, as a part of our existing standards-based system. The research literature indicates an overall improvement in student engagement and in-depth learning and understanding when taught from a place-based framework. The findings of this critical literature review additionally suggest that although place-based education can offer benefits to both student learning and community life, there exist many barriers to the successful implementation of this progressive approach to education. Place-based education has become a relevant topic for researchers and the greater educational community for its positive impact on developing students’ sense of place, promoting community and environmental engagement, and on improving student learning. | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Graduate | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/9239 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.rights | Available to the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.subject | place-based learning | en_US |
| dc.subject | critical pedagogy of place | en_US |
| dc.subject | environmental education | en_US |
| dc.subject | Indigenous education | en_US |
| dc.subject | place | en_US |
| dc.subject | community-based education | en_US |
| dc.subject | rural education | en_US |
| dc.title | Place-Based Education: Improving Learning While Connecting Students to Community and Environment | en_US |
| dc.type | project | en_US |