Centering the Learners in Place-based Education
With a place-based approach, learning can be personally relevant to students and enable student agency while allowing a teacher to be the guide or facilitator instead of the holder of all information. In this virtual workshop, explore and discuss how the learner-centered principle of place-based education can support a personalized approach.
Interdisciplinary Projects: Merging place-based education and project-based learning
In interdisciplinary, place-based projects, learning can match the real world where “traditional” subject area content, skills, and dispositions are learned through an integrated and relevant approach that achieves proficiency of multiple standards.
Centering the Learners in Place-Based Education
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Understanding Your Place
In this 90-minute workshop, explore your place through inquiry, reflection, and a virtual scavenger hunt. Dive deeper to uncover stories about your community’s history and current events. This session helps you connect with your place meaningfully while developing insights and inspiration for fostering place-based understanding in your teaching practice.
Virtual Introduction to Place-Based Education
In this seven-week virtual course, participants will explore the theory and application of Place-Based Education at their own pace through asynchronous lessons.
