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Module 2: Community-Based Education

This module explores community-based education, also known as place-based education, which utilizes local cultural, historical, and natural resources to teach K-12 students. It emphasizes the importance of local context in bringing learning to life, developing civic duty, and preparing youth for real-life situations. The principles, examples, and positive effects of place-based learning are discussed.

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Module 2: Community-Based Education

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  1. Module 2: Community-Based Education Jennifer Wheeler Graduate Assistant Neil Knobloch Assistant Professor

  2. Learning Objectives • Identify ________________ • Define _________________ • Explain ________________ • Discuss ________________

  3. Key Terms & Concepts • DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD LIST THE KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS THEY SHOULD LEARN IN THIS MODULE?

  4. Community-Based Education • Also called place-based education • Uses local cultural, historical, and/or natural resources to teach K-12 • Learning based in the uniqueness of the particular place • Community = context • DO YOU HAVE A DEFINITION?

  5. Why is local context important? • Brings learning to life • Allows youth to develop a sense of civic duty and responsibility to become active citizens • Helps youth learn how to deal with real-life situations, in a safe learning environment

  6. Principles of Place-based Learning • Collaboration of school and community • Academic work contributes to place where students live • Schools mimic democratic values they wish to instill • Decision-making about education is decided by experts within and outside of the school • All participants review each other’s performance using multiple measures • School and community support students, teachers, and mentors in these roles

  7. Examples of Placed-Based Learning • WE SHOULD HAVE A FEW EXAMPLES TO HELP SHOW WHAT THIS IS

  8. Does place-based learning work? • Positive effects on student learning • Positive effects on cognitive and social development • Positive effects on environmental stewardship • Positive effects on well-being and safetyJENNIFER WE NEED REFERENCES

  9. Conclusions • Place-based or community-based learning uses the local context to create learning opportunities for youth K-12 • Context brings learning to life • Collaboration on academic work, service work, and evaluation occurs between members of the school and the community • Place-based learning has shown several positive effects among youth

  10. Review Questions • WE SHOULD INSERT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER (THIS SHOULD HELP THEM PREPARE FOR THE QUIZ AND WRITING THE PAPER)

  11. References • ______________ JENNIFER, WE SHOULD CITE REFERENCES THROUGHOUT THE MODULE AND THEN LIST THEM ALL ON THIS REFERENCE SLIDE.

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