Place- and community-based education in schools
By: Gregory A. Smith, David Sobel.
Contributors: Sobel, David, 1949-
Series: Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415875189; 9780415875196; 9780203858530
Subjects: Place-based education -- United States; Community and school -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Young achievers science and mathematics pilot school; title: Place- and community-based education: definitions and antecedents; title: Why worry about the local in the era of No Child Left Behind: a rationale for place- and community-based education; title: Place- and community-based education in practice: starting with local knowledge and issues; title: Place- and community-based education in practice knowledge and issues; title: Impact on academic achievement; title: Striving for more than test scores; title: Collaborating with community partners / by Delia Clark; title: Leaders as gardeners: creating space for place- and community-based education; title: No school is an island, except on the coast of Maine; title: Changing schools to embrace the local.