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Table des matières
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART I: PLACE-BASED EDUCATION: THEORY AND PRACTICE
Teacher Portrait #1: Kate Toland
Chapter 1. What is Place-based Curriculum Design?
Chapter 2. How Does Place-based Education Work in Real Classrooms?
PART II: ELEMENTS OF PLACE-BASED CURRICULUM DESIGN: PURPOSE AND FUNCTION
Teacher Portrait #2: Sharyl Green
Chapter 3. Personal Connections are the Foundation of All Learning
Teacher Portrait #3: Gay Craig
Chapter 4. Local Investigations Deepen Subject Understanding
Teacher Portrait #4: Ellen Temple
Chapter 5. Local Investigations Build Holistic Understanding of Places
Teacher Portrait #5: Jean Berthiaume
Chapter 6. Local Investigations Build Opportunity for Civic Engagement
PART III: PLANNING FOR LOCAL LEARNING: LOGISTICS AND CHALLENGES
Teacher Portrait #6: Judy Elson
Chapter 7. Place as Text
Chapter 8. Planning for Teaching in Local Places
PART IV: MOVING FORWARD: STRATEGIES FOR SCHOOL CHANGE
Teacher Portrait #7: Anne Tewksbury-Frye
Chapter 9: Changing Practice Changes Schools
A propos de l'auteur
Amy B. Demarest teaches standards-based curriculum design, authentic assessment and watershed education in northern Vermont. A central theme of her work, first as a middle-grades classroom teacher and now at the university level, is to find ways to design curriculum that engages students in the stories, questions, and issues found in the places they live (ourcurriculummatters.com).
Résumé
This book gives pre-service and practicing teachers both the rationale and tools to create and integrate meaningful, place-based learning experiences for students and still be accountable to the demands of federal, state, and district mandates.
