There is a significant amount of research about place-based education and the benefits from it. The following are articles, evaluations, literature reviews, and other sources with information on place-based education.
The Benefits of Place-based Education: A Report from the Place-based Education Evaluation Collaborative (PEEC)
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- PEEC did a thorough evaluation of the place-based education model
- From this evaluation, this report explains how children, teachers, and communities benefit from place-based education
Place-based Education Research and Studies
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- Author: Jennifer Rosenthal, Doctoral Student, Curriculum & Instruction, SUNY at Albany, NY
- An extensive literature review on published works relating to place-based education
What is Place-Based Education and why is it Important?
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- Written in partnership with eduInnovation and Teton Science Schools
- Explores what place-based education is, what it looks like in practice, and where it can be practiced.
Children, Youth, and Environments Center for Research and Design from the University of Colorado at Denver
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- Experts in the environmental education and place-based education field including Louise Chawla, put together fact sheets from research on these subjects (click to download):
"Working collaboratively, we will share resources and form connections between educators and between educators and experts."
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