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Place-based Education in the Geosciences
First, here is a good introduction to place-based education in geoscience from EARTH magazine:
Place-based education: Teaching geoscience in the context of location and culture
Place-based geoscience education integrates scientific and cultural knowledge of local landscapes, environments and communities with an awareness of the different meanings that place can hold for people of various cultural backgrounds. It’s a “new old” method of teaching that is experiencing a resurgence.
Dr. Steve Semken's slides on place-based teaching in geoscience:
Semken-slides for Place-Based Teaching
For those who would like more detailed information, here are several recent scholarly papers on place-based geoscience education:
Place-Based Education in Geoscience (Semken et al., 2017).pdf
Teaching Geoscience in the Context of Culture and Place (Apple et al., 2014).pdf
A Sense of the American Southwest (Semken, 2011).pdf
Ethnographic Methods In Analysis Of Place-Based Geoscience Curriculum (Williams & Semken, 2011).pdf
Sense of Place & Place-Based Education For Integrity & Sustainability (Semken & Brandt, 2010).pdf
Sense of Place in the Practice & Assessment of Place-Based Science Teaching (Semken & Butler Freeman, 2008).pdf
Sense of Place & Place-Based Introductory Geoscience Teaching for American Indian and Alaska Native Undergraduates (Semken, 2005).pdf
semken16_bundling_AGUposter-sm.pdf
Semken_PBE-GA4poster-med.pdf
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