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Place- and community-based education in schools [electronic resource] / Gregory A. Smith, David Sobel.

By: Smith, Gregory A, 1948-.
Contributor(s): Sobel, David, 1949-.
Series: Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education: Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2010Description: 1 online resource (xv, 167 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780203858530 (ebk : PDF).Subject(s): Place-based education -- United States | Community and school -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No title; No title; No title; No titleDDC classification: 371.115 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; Also available in print edition.
Contents:
Young achievers science and mathematics pilot school -- Place- and community-based education: definitions and antecedents -- Why worry about the local in the era of No Child Left Behind?: a rationale for place- and community-based education -- Place- and community-based education in practice: starting with local knowledge and issues -- Place- and community-based education in practice: starting with the traditional disciplines -- Impact on academic achievement -- Striving for more than test scores -- Collaborating with community partners / Delia Clark -- Leaders as gardeners: creating space for place- and community-based education -- No school is an island, except on the coast of Maine -- Changing schools to embrace the local.
Item type Current location Call number Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Main Collection Taylor's Library - Perpetual(TU)
371.115 (Browse shelf) 1 e-book SOEDx,39000,03,CL,PPT

Includes bibliographical references (p. [156]-160) and index.

Young achievers science and mathematics pilot school -- Place- and community-based education: definitions and antecedents -- Why worry about the local in the era of No Child Left Behind?: a rationale for place- and community-based education -- Place- and community-based education in practice: starting with local knowledge and issues -- Place- and community-based education in practice: starting with the traditional disciplines -- Impact on academic achievement -- Striving for more than test scores -- Collaborating with community partners / Delia Clark -- Leaders as gardeners: creating space for place- and community-based education -- No school is an island, except on the coast of Maine -- Changing schools to embrace the local.

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.