Place-Based Education: A Pedagogy of Community

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Abstract

Every place, no matter how seemingly mundane or described as ‘exotic,’ has a story—a human story involving culture (history, language, migration, etc.); a natural story involving land and water, plants and animals, and other natural phenomena; and a story that combines the two—humans in the natural space and their impact on that space. The degree to which we know the story of a place informs our connection to that place, be it positive, negative, or neutral. The incorporation of these stories—the cultural, historical, and ecological stories of a place—into school curricula is known as place-based education (PBE) and is the focus of this piece.

Recommended Citation

(2024) "Place-Based Education: A Pedagogy of Community," The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE): Vol. 8: Iss. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/ije/vol8/iss1/6