Place-Based Learning: Connecting Inquiry, Community, and Culture (Seven place-based learning design principles to promote equity for all students)

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 Read more