Worlds Educators Create - The Role of Education in the Creation of Place

Matthew A. Clay explores the role of education in creating and providing meaning to communities and landscapes.

List of contents

Dedication
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: Conceptualizing Place
Ch. 1 Work Worth Doing
Ch. 2 The Role of Place in Education
Ch. 3 Expansive Place and the Crisis of Connectedness
Ch. 4 The Person in Place
Ch. 5 Public Places and Spaces
Ch. 6 Emplacement in Teaching
Ch. 7 Gestalts and Principles of Expansive Teaching
PART II: Contextualizing Place
Ch. 8 Pedagogy of Place and Transformative Teaching
Ch. 9 Exposing More Students to Place
Ch. 10 Exposing Students to More Places
Ch. 11 Exposing Students to Place in More Contexts
Ch. 12 Exposing Students to More Perspectives of Place
Ch. 13 Toward Landscapes of Justice
Ch. 14 The Teacher Steward
About the Author

About the author

Matthew A. Clay is an Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at Fort Hays State University interested in the connection between place and education. A former, secondary science teacher, he lives in rural Western Kansas with his wife and children.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew A. Clay
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781475873207
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-7320-7
• No. of pages: 138
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; NATURE / General, EDUCATION / Professional Development, natural history, Nature & the natural world: general interest, teacher training, Educational strategies & policy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies, Curriculum;Education;Nature;Place;School Community