This volume- a landmark contribution to the burgeoning theory and practice of place-based education- enriches the field in three ways: First, it frames place-based pedagogy not just as an alternative teaching methodology or novel approach to e

David A. Gruenewald, Washington State University, USA.

Gregory A. Smith, Lewis and Clark College, USA.

Contents: Preface. D.A. Gruenewald, G.A. Smith, Introduction: Making Room for the Local. Part I:Models for Place-Based Learning. C.E. Knapp, Place-Based Curricular and Pedagogical Models: My Adventures in Teaching Through Community Contexts. M. Graham, The Fringe of Nirvana: Aesthetic Places and the Art Classroom. M. Sorensen, STAR: Service to All Relations. J. Bartsch, Youth as Resources in Revitalizing Communities. E. Seneschal, Environmental Justice in Egleston Square. R. Barnhardt, Creating a Place for Indigenous Knowledge in Education: The Alaska Native Knowledge Network. Part II: Reclaiming Broader Meanings of Education. D.A. Gruenewald, Place-Based Education: Grounding Culturally Responsive Teaching in Geographical Diversity. R.M. Pyle, No Child Left Inside: Nature Study as a Radical Act. R. Tompkins, Overlooked Opportunity: Students, Educators, and Education
Advocates Contributing to Community and Economic Development. P. Theobald, J. Siskar, Place: Where Diversity and Community Can Converge. Part III:Global Visions of the Local in Higher Education.M.M. Morris, Place in Leadership Formation: The Institute for Educational and Community Leadership. F. Elbaz-Luwisch, Multiculturalism, Conflict, and Struggle: Place as Meeting Ground in Israeli Education. J.I. Cameron, Learning Country: A Case Study of Australian Place-Responsive Education. M. Dubel, D. Sobel, Place-Based Teacher Education. D.A. Gruenewald, G.A. Smith, Afterword: Creating a Movement to Ground Learning in Place.