Place-Based Education in the Global Age
Local Diversity
Gregory A Smith editor David A Gruenewald editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
Published:13th Aug '07
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This insightful volume explores the significance of place-based education, emphasizing its role in promoting ecological awareness and social equity within local communities.
In Place-Based Education in the Global Age, the authors present a transformative exploration of educational practices that connect learners to their local environments. This volume serves as a crucial resource for understanding how education can be reimagined within the framework of 'Anew localism', emphasizing the importance of local contexts in a globalized world. By framing place-based pedagogy as more than just an innovative teaching method, the book highlights its role in fostering ecological awareness and cultural diversity.
The editors and contributors, recognized pioneers in educational theory and reform, provide valuable insights into the practical applications of place-based education. They share compelling stories and examples that resonate with educators and practitioners, illustrating how grassroots initiatives can effectively bridge the gap between theory and practice. The book is organized around three main themes: Reclaiming Broader Meanings of Education, Models for Place-Based Learning, and Global Visions of the Local in Higher Education, each contributing to a deeper understanding of the subject.
Overall, Place-Based Education in the Global Age is not just an academic text; it is a call to action for researchers, teacher educators, and students. By integrating ecological stewardship with social equity, this volume enriches the discourse on how education can be a vital component of a democratic and sustainable society. It encourages readers to rethink their approach to education and its potential impact on local communities and the world at large.
"Polished, clear, insightful, and meaningful.... This volume amounts to nothing less than a complete rethinking of what progressive education can be at its best and how education can be reconceptualized as one of the central practices of a genuinely democratic and sustainable society.... It is the kind of book that has the potential to be transformative."
—Stephen Preskill
University of New Mexico
"The editors and contributors are pioneers in the field of educational theory, policy, and philosophy.... They are opening new areas of inquiry and educational reform in ways that promise to make this book in very short time into a classic.... The practical applications and experiments included reveal the richness of grassroots initiatives already underway to bring educational theory and policy down to earth. While spanning the richest and deepest intellectual ideas and concepts, the stories told are the types that practitioners and teachers will be able to relate to in their daily undertakings."
—Madhu Suri Prakash
The Pennsylvania State University
"Polished, clear, insightful, and meaningful.... This volume amounts to nothing less than a complete rethinking of what progressive education can be at its best and how education can be reconceptualized as one of the central practices of a genuinely democratic and sustainable society.... It is the kind of book that has the potential to be transformative."
Stephen Preskill, University of New Mexico
"The editors and contributors are pioneers in the field of educational theory, policy, and philosophy.... They are opening new areas of inquiry and educational reform in ways that promise to make this book in very short time into a classic.... The practical applications and experiments included reveal the richness of grassroots initiatives already underway to bring educational theory and policy down to earth. While spanning the richest and deepest intellectual ideas and concepts, the stories told are the types that practitioners and teachers will be able to relate to in their daily undertakings."
Madhu Suri Prakash, The Pennsylvania State University
"...a thorough and engaging volume of topics and issues related to place-based education....I highly recommend this book as a primary textbook in the increasing number of university courses that focus on place-based education [and as] as a supplementary resource in courses that focus on such topics as culturally responsive teaching and development of aware and responsive community leaders."
Samuel S. Perkins, August 12, 2008, Education Review
"This volume significantly contributes to the theory and practice of the emerging field of place-based education. It informs, expands perspectives, and challenges the reader to rethink the purposes of schooling. The potentially transformative nature of this book makes it a recommended reading for all engaged in reforming education and seeking to improve our world."
MaryAnn Davies, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2008, International Journal of Multicultural Education
"Without a doubt, Place-Based Education in the Global Age is an important and timely collection of work. Editors David A. Gruenewald and Gregory A. Smith do much to position the individual stories of learners and teachers that are found within this book at the forefront of a movement toward education in local diversity."
Jessica Hayes-Conroy, 2008, 23(2), Journal of Research in Rural Education
ISBN: 9780805858648
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 1200g
402 pages