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“Place-based education,” says Wikipedia, “understands students’ local community as one of the primary resources for learning.” And the lives of children are profoundly changed in the process. Lewis & Clark Professor Greg Smith is a guiding light of PBE, and Ruch Community School teacher Ryan King is one of its inspired practitioners.
Published On Friday, April 15th, 2016
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April 30. 2016 at 15:19
While I love the Place-based Strategy as a way to create enriching context, the idea of linking this strategy to learning was interesting…so the ocean sciences example begins to build. The preparation, the problems-solving, persistence are often the key.
And of course the adult role-models as well as the well articulated method to enfold partners and people.
Cool…of course I want to add physics, engineering, etc…
Ryan
January 28. 2019 at 13:51
hey, ittsa me