Place-based education in the global age : local diversity / edited by David A. Gruenewald, Gregory A. Smith.

Transferred to digital printing 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Place-based curricular and pedagogical models: my adventures in teaching through community contexts / Clifford E. Knapp -- The fringe of Nirvana: aesthetic places and the art classroom / Mark Graham -- STAR: service to all relations / Mark Sorensen -- Youth as resources in revitalizing communities / Julie Bartsch -- Environmental justice in Egleston Square / Elaine Senechal -- Creating a place for indigenous knowledge in education: the Alaska native knowledge network / Ray Barnhardt -- Place-based education: grounding culturally responsive teaching in geographical diversity / David A. Gruenewald -- No child left inside: nature study as a radical act / Robert Michael Pyle -- Overlooked opportunity: students, educators, and education advocates contributing to community and economic development / Rachel Tompkins -- Place: where diversity and community can converge / Paul Theobald and John Siskar -- Place in leadership formation: the Institute for Educational and Community Leadership (IECL) / Michael Malahy Morris -- Multiculturalism, conflict, and struggle: place as meeting ground in Israeli education / Freema Elbaz-Luwisch -- Learning country: a case study of Australian place-responsive education / John I. Cameron -- Place-based teacher education / Matt Dubel and David Sobel

This volume-a landmark contribution to the burgeoning theory and practice of place-based education-enriches the field in three way: First, it frames place-based pedagogy not just as an alternative teaching methodology or novel approach to environmental education but as part of a broader social movement known as the "new localism", which aims toward reclaiming the significance of the local in the global age. Second, it links development of ecological awareness and stewardship to concerns about equity and cultural diversity. Third, it present examples of place-based education in action. The relationship between the new localism and place-based education is clarified and the process of making connections between learners and their wider communities is demonstrated. The book is organized around three themes: Reclaiming Broader Meanings of Education; Models for Place-Based Learning; and Global Visions of the Local. in Higher Education. This is a powerfully relevant volume for researchers, teacher educators, and students across the fields of curriculum theory, educational foundations, critical pedagogy, multicultural education, and environmental education.