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UNINA9910828342203321 |
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Autore |
Smith Gregory A. <1948-, > |
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Titolo |
Place- and community-based education in schools / / Gregory A. Smith, David Sobel |
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New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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9780203858530 (eBook) |
0203858530 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (184 p.) |
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Collana |
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Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Place-based education - United States |
Community and school - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The Young Achievers Science and Mathematics Pilot School; Chapter 2 Place- and Community-based Education: Definitions and Antecedents; Chapter 3 Why Worry about the Local in the Era of No Child Left Behind?: A Rationale for Place- and Community-based Education; Chapter 4 Place- and Community-based Education in Practice: Starting with Local Knowledge and Issues; Chapter 5 Place- and Community-based Education in Practice: Starting with the Traditional Disciplines; Chapter 6 Impact on Academic Achievement |
Chapter 7 Striving for More than Test ScoresChapter 8 Collaborating with Community Partners; Chapter 9 Leaders as Gardeners: Creating Space for Place- and Community-based Education; Chapter 10 No School Is an Island-Except on the Coast of Maine; Chapter 11 Changing Schools to Embrace the Local; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Place- and community-based education - an approach to teaching and learning that starts with the local - addresses two critical gaps in the experience of many children now growing up in the United States: contact with the natural world and contact with community. It offers a way to extend young people's attention beyond the classroom to the world as it actually is, and to engage them in the process of devising |
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