What is Place-based Learning? Place-based learning is an instructional approach that focuses on developing student’s sense of place and learning through exploring their environment. Thus, most ...

On an overpass in North Portland overlooking Interstate 5, Kathryn Nock and Jordan Stokes are taking stock of the neighborhood, including nearby Harriet Tubman Middle School. “It’s kind of hard to ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

As Brian Earls’ fifth grade class at Fairview Elementary School prepared for their “bio blitz” toward the end of the school year, students were eager to get outside. He sprayed them with bug repellent ...

It’s often said that people learn in different ways, some through listening, others through seeing and doing. Auditory learners absorb information by hearing things explained, while visual learners ne ...

KERN COUNTY, Calif. (KERO) — A new place-based learning program has been launched for Bakersfield College and Cerro Coso Community College nursing students. The pilot Dedicated Education Unit allows ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This article, which focuses on Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird (1960); Mildred Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1976); and Helena ...

This image shows the Genome Island avatars of participants in UW’s recent Learning Actively Mentoring Program and the Office of Online and Digital Learning e-Camp. From left are Ryan Goeken, Juhyeon ...