PUBLICATIONS AND LINKS
Our Publications
The Benefits of Place-Based Stewardship Education (PDF)
Implementing Place-Based Stewardship Education Across the Landscape (PDF)
Some Thoughts on the Next Generation of Stewards (PDF)
An Essay by Jerry Dennis
Additional Resources
Creating Stewards of the Great Lakes
This report reviews the literature about place-based education and explains the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative’s integrated model, which incorporates place-based education, sustained professional development for teachers, and school-community partnerships.
Going Local and Place-based Education: Learning to Be Where We Are
Dr. Greg Smith (Lewis & Clark College), a leader in place-based education, wrote these papers. They include an overview and vibrant examples of the fundamentals and outcomes of place-based education.
Promise of Place
This website has a comprehensive list of resources related to place-based education, including scholarly publications, curriculum documents, results of evaluations, links to organizations, FAQs, and a very useful section called “Obstacles/Solutions.”
Rural School and Community Trust
The trust focuses on partnerships among schools and communities and supports place-based education as an effective strategy for accomplishing its mission. The trust provides numerous online tools, ranging from portfolios resulting from place-based education projects to rubrics that help people assess their progress. Doris Terry Williams, who works at the trust, serves as a national advisor to the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative.
Center for Place-based Education, Antioch New England Institute
This site describes the center’s programs and provides links to general information about place-based education and service learning. David Sobel, who works at the center, serves as a national advisor to the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative.
The Benefits of Place Based Learning (PEEC Report, 2010)
The Place-based Education Evaluation Collaborative (PEEC) instituted individual and cross-program evaluations of ten place-based education programs representing more than 100 schools (rural, suburban, and urban) covering twelve states. (PDF Report Summary)
Student Gains from Place-based Education
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center (PDF)