Place-Based Education
Place-based Learning, #OutsideSchoolWalls
Steven Guttentag. Students learn #OutsideSchoolWalls all year round, and in doing so, have many opportunities for enriched learning that may not be found inside a classroom or textbook.
The Personal Dimension to Place-Based Learning
By Mike Mihalik. Perhaps the most powerful lessons we learn in the parks are about ourselves and this is just another reason why I feel that the national parks are America’s best idea and best classroom.
From 5 Kids To 25,000 Pounds of Fresh Fruit
Brandon Gillette discusses what happened when one group of students decided in improve their community for the better. Learn how an education project will produce over 25,000 pounds of fresh food annually.
Place-Based Discoveries Etch Learning Into Your Brain
By: Liz Wimmer. When thinking of your favorite places to visit, both those from a long time ago and the places you still go to, what are the learning experiences from each that you'll never forget?
PhotoBlog | Teton Science Schools & The Power of Place-Based Learning
I recently had the opportunity to visit Teton Science Schools, our partner in Getting Smart’s “Power of Place” campaign. Here are some initial thoughts from the many things I learned, as well as photos of that beautiful part of our country.
Place-Based Learning: Wherever You Are, Whenever You Go
By: Gary Gruber. There is an entire world outside of the formal classroom full of rich learning experiences for students. Here are ideas and resources to help you connect them to it.
Four Ways Students Learn from School Gardens
By: Liz Wimmer. I recently discovered that students actually eat more vegetables at school if they help grow them in the school garden, and that school gardens are powerful places that deepen student learning in these four ways.
Cultivating Cross-Cultural Competence in Costa Rica
By: Abel McClennen. Learn more about La Paz Community School: a rural, ecologically and ethnically diverse PreK-12 school in Costa Rica where all cultures, ethnicities and socioeconomic levels are openly embraced and celebrated.
America’s Best Idea and America’s Best Classroom
By: Mike Mahalik. Not only are our National Parks "America's Best Idea" but they might just be our best classrooms as well, offering a wide variety of content areas to teach today's students.
Teaching Empathy Through Place-Based Education
By: Jenny Pieratt. While searching for a way to teach my students both empathy and content, I discovered the solution through place-based learning as we interacted, engaged and connected with our community.