Place-based Education (PBE):
- Immerses students in local heritage, cultures, landscapes, opportunities and experiences;
- Uses these as a foundation for the study of language arts, mathematics, social studies, science and other subjects across the curriculum; and
- Emphasizes learning through participation in service projects for the local school and/or community.
Stories From the Field:
Place-based education in action
Chickens in the Classroom
An educator was teaching first graders a lesson about chickens when something unexpected—and extraordinary—happened: a little chicken leapt across a cultural divide.
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Research and Evaluation:
Making the case for place-based education
Highlighted Reports
- Benefits of Place-based Education
- Closing the Achivement Gap
- Quantifying a Relationship Between Place-Based Learning and Environmental Quality
- Benefits of Nature for Children's Health, Fact Sheet #1
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The Network:
Place-based education in your community and around the world
Shelburne Farms
Shelburne Farms is an environmental education center, 1,400-acre working farm, and National Historic Landmark. Our mission is to cultivate a conservation ethic by teaching and demonstrating the stewardship of natural and agricultural resources.
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Calendar
June 27–July 1, 2011
The Institute offers participants handson
experience learning the methods of
community-based research, the process
of making a documentary, and models for
working with digital media in a classroom
environment.
Visit www.discoveringcommunity.org.
Learn more about our faculty, look at
unit plans and media projects from past
participants, and access registration
information. Or call (802) 388-4964.
Learn to conduct audio interviews.
Tuesday-Thursday, August 2-4, 2011; 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Formal and non-formal educators nation-wide are using the idea of sustainability to connect student's learning experiences across the grades and disciplines so that they can meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. Join fellow PreK-12 educators to build strategies and skills for using sustainability to connect curriculum, campus practices, and community engagement.
Summer Workshop Monday–Friday, July 26–28, 2011 9:00 am-4:00 pm
Enrich your science curriculum with
exciting, interdisciplinary, hands-on,
and easy-to-use activities on environmental
and agricultural topics. This workshop is
designed to increase science literacy and
cultivate connections by tracing the food we
eat and the clothes we wear back to the farm.
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Stories From The Field
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Calendar of Workshops & Events
Vignette
School Yard Design Project
Students work with community organizations to create a master plan for their school grounds. They start with trail enhancement, parking lot bio-filter revitalization, outdoor classroom construction, and wetland system investigation. They create a vision for the property that integrate the interests of school and community
Monticello High School
Abernarle, VA
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