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Place-Based Education : Research and Practice, Paperback / softback Book

Place-Based Education : Research and Practice Paperback / softback

Edited by Robert Barratt, Elisabeth Barratt Hacking

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Place-based education is growing rapidly in popularity, as more and more educators recognise the benefits and opportunities it offers to students.

This book focuses on the research and practice of place-based education, or PBE, presenting ideas and strategies for enhancing learning through community participation and real world experiences. The book defines a philosophical framework for PBE, present research paradigms and methodologies adopted by the field and critique a range of pedagogical approaches.

Drawing on a series of international and interdisciplinary case studies, chapters build on a theoretical framework with solid practice examples and strategies to locate learning in real-world communities and places.

Written in an accessible style, each chapter is framed by reflective questions, present current thinking, include case studies and tasks for practitioners and end with questions for discussion and suggest further reading.

Situating PBE for the first time in a UK context, this book will be of interest to school-based educators are the opportunities for curriculum enhancement in science, environmental education, outdoor education, the humanities, technology and the cultural arts.

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