Place-Based Learning

Understand the impact a sense of place has on education, culture, and community. The authors share seven place-based learning design principles to help educators implement projects smoothly, from start to finish. With their project-planning tools and community asset map, teachers, school coaches, and leaders will be equipped to empower students and promote equity for all. Grades 4 12 teachers, Iinstructional designers and school leaders will:Learn the seven place-based learning design principles and apply themUnderstand what role maps and countermapping have in establishing a sense of place and how to map community s assetsBuild meaningful community partnerships with students using collaborative projectsEmpower students to confront inequitable societal structuresReflect on key takeaways and consider chapter-ending questions to further their place-based learning practiceContents:Foreword by Lisa DelpitIntroductionPart One: Understand Place-Based Learning Design PrinciplesChapter 1: Elevate Ways of KnowingChapter 2: Facilitate Purpose-Driven InquiryChapter 3: Build Authentic Community PartnershipsChapter 4: Empower Student OwnershipChapter 5: Engage in Feedback, Revision, and ReflectionChapter 6: Create an Authentic Community ProductChapter 7: Embed Culture in Teaching and LearningPart Two: Designing Place-Based JourneysChapter 8: Liberate Teaching Practices and Decolonize CurriculaChapter 9: Unpack Biases and Assumptions and Uncover Community AssetsChapter 10: Pathways to Liberatory and Decolonized Assessment PracticesChapter 11: Plan Place-Based Learning ProjectsPart 3: Supporting and Sustaining PBL Implementation With an Equity LensChapter 12: Sustain Place-Based Learning Through the Practitioner s RoundChapter 13: Dismantle the Barriers to Place-Based LearningChapter 14: Monitor and Assess the Efficacy of Place-Based Learning and Build CapacityEpilogueAppendixReferences and ResourcesIndex