EDU 6710 C18

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EDU 6710 C18
Principles and Promising Practices of Place-Based Education

Course Overview and Objectives:

This workshop will provide a practical framework for using your local community and environment as an integrating context for teaching. It will include curriculum development training and work time to synthesize your program learning into your own work plan, as well as one-on-one or group consultation with resource specialists in hands-on habitat explorations, community-based service learning projects, mapping skills and questing. Taking students’ place-based learning about the cultural and natural history of their town to another level, participants will discover ways to translate that knowledge into service learning projects and activities to enhance both the students’ and the community’s understanding of their place. It is strongly recommended individuals apply with one or more colleagues from their respective communities or schools to enhance learning and implementation.

Participants will:
Define place-based education.

Identify best practices of place-based education and curriculum strategies.
Discover processes for accessing and researching local natural and cultural history.
Learn strategies for building lasting relationships and partnerships with individuals and organizations within their community.
Better understand the nature of successful service learning opportunities.
Acquire practical teaching strategies to nurture a student’s sense of place, their commitment to practicing stewardship and their enthusiasm for school-community relationships.
Build a resource network.
Have the opportunity to attend work time and resource expert consultation to incorporate their new learning into curriculum.

For course information contact: Erica Curry, ecurry@shelburnefarms.org, (802) 985-0325;
for registration information and assistance contact: Julia Penca, jpenca@shelburnefarms.org, (802) 985-0341