Bibliography

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• Abbot-Chapman, J. (2006).Time out in 'green retreats' & adolescent wellbeing. Youth Studies Australia, 25(4), 9-16.
• Bishop, S. (2004). The Power of Place. English Journal, 93(6), 65-69. Read article.
• Gibbs, T., & Howley, A. (2000). “World-Class Standards” and Local Pedagogies: Can We Do Both? Charleston, WV: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. EDO-RC-008) Read article.
• Gruenewald, D.A. and Smith, G.A. (2007). Place-based Education In the Global Age. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Gruenewald, D. (2003). Foundations of Place: A Multidisciplinary Framework for Place-Conscious Education. American Educational Research Journal, 40, 619-654. Read article.
• Gruenewald, D. (2003). The Best of Both Worlds: A Critical Pedagogy of Place. Educational Researcher, 32(4), 3-12. Read article.
• Jennings, N., Swindler, S., & Coliba, C. (2005). Place-based Education in the Standards-based Reform Era - Conflict or Complement? American Journal of Education, 112, (1ov), 44-65.
• Knapp, C & Woodhouse, J. (2003). Place-Based Pedagogy: Experiential Learning for Culturally and Ecologically Sustainable Communities. Paper presented at the Experiential—Community—Workbased: Researching Learning Outside the Academy International Conference at Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, June 27-29, 2003.Read Full Description
• Martin, J. (2001). Learning to Teach Students in the Community and Environment. Clearing, 110 (Fall): 10-13. Read article.
• Powers, A.L. (2004). An Evaluation of Four Place-based Education Programs. Journal of Environmental Education, 35(4), 17-32.
• Rosenthal, J. (2008). Place-based Education Research and Studies Annotated Bibliography. Graduate student, Curriculum & Instruction, SUNY at Albany, NY.  Read bibliography
• Smith, G.A. (2007). Place-based Education: breaking through the constraining regularities of public school. Environmental Education Research, 13(2), 189-207.
• Smith, G. (1998). Rooting Children in Place. Encounter, 11(4), 13-24 Read article.
• Smith, G. (2001). Learning Where We Live. San Francisco, CA: Funders Forum on Environment and Education. Read more
• Smith, G. (2002a). Going Local. Educational Leadership, 60(1), 30-33. Read Full Description
• Smith, G. (2002b). Place-based Education: Learning To Be Where We Are. Phi Delta Kappan, 83, 584-594.  Read Full Description
• Smith, Monica. (2007). Place-based Education and the Museum. Journal of Museum Education. Vol.32, 3.  This 116 page issue contains nine articles dedicated to place-based education.  Check out contents of issue
• Stone, M.K. and Barlow, Z., Eds. (2005). Ecological Literacy: Educating our Children for a Sustainable World. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books.
• Sobel, D. (2007). Climate Change Meets Ecophobia. Connect Magazine. Vol 21 (2), 14-22. Read article
• Sobel, D. (2004).Place-based Education: Connecting Classrooms & Communities.Orion Society. Nature Literacy Series, No. 4.
• Sobel, D. (1998). Mapmaking with Children. Portsmouth, Heinemann.
• Sobel, D. (1996). Beyond Ecophobia: Reclaiming the Heart in Nature Education. Great Barrington, Orion Society.
• Sobel, D. (1993). Children's Special Places: Exploring the role of forts, dens, and bush houses in middle childhood. Zephyr Press.
• Theobald, P., & Curtiss, J. (2000). Communities as Curricula. Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, 15(1), 106-111 . Read Full Description
• Vickers, V.G., and Matthews, C.E. (2002). Children and Place, Science Activities. (vol 39, p. 16): Heldref Publications.
• Wilson, R. (1997). A Sense of Place, Early Education Journal, 24 (3), 191-194.
• Woodhouse, J., & Knapp, C. (2000). Place-based Curriculum and Instruction: Outdoor and Environmental Education Approaches. Charleston, WV: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED448012  Read article
• Woodhouse, J. (2001). Over the River and Through the ’Hood: Re-viewing ’Place’ as a Focus of Pedagogy. Thresholds in Education, 27(3 & 4), 1-5. Read article.