Call for Abstracts for a Special Issue of
Children, Youth and Environments
http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/
Place-based learning: Connecting children, youth and their communities
Spring 2011
Guest Editors:
Robert Barrratt [log in to unmask]
Leader, Children and the Environment Research Centre,
School of Education, Bath Spa University, UK
Elisabeth Barratt Hacking [log in to unmask]
Lecturer, Centre for Research in Education and the Environment,
Department of Education, University of Bath, UK
Key words
Place-based learning, community learning, community development,
environmental education, research involving children/ communities,
real-world learning, participant voice
Aims
Research has shown that place-based education has many benefits for
participants, including improvements in learning and well-being.
Place-based approaches can also contribute to the well-being and
sustainability of the places involved. This special issue of Children,
Youth and Environments will explore multi-disciplinary perspectives on
place-based education and critique its role in learning and community
development. Papers will be based on real-world research in formal and
informal educational and/ or community settings, with a focus on participant
experience and voice. The issue will reflect an international perspective
and will draw on ideas from theory, research, policy and practice. Papers
will be particularly welcome that focus on: i] place-based education in
environments of disadvantage or conflict, and ii] place-based education with
children and young people with special needs and/or from marginal communities.
Expressions of interest
One-page abstracts of your paper ideas should be sent by April 15, 2010 to
Robert Barratt < [log in to unmask]> and Elisabeth Barratt Hacking<
[log in to unmask] > and copied to <[log in to unmask]>. A selection
of abstract authors will be invited to submit full papers for peer review.
Full papers will be due by September 30, 2010. Abstracts should mention how
the ideas in the full paper will apply directly to research or practice.
Illustrative Questions
The following questions are intended as a stimulus for exploring the
significance of place for education. Authors are invited to submit papers
that address one or more of these questions, or related questions, and that
make connections with education, including the implications for place-based
education.
1. How do people understand and make sense of place(s)?
2. How is place represented through popular culture, and what influence does
this have on understandings of place?
3. In what ways are people emotionally attached to place? How is identity
formation influenced by place?
4. What outcomes are associated with place-based education for children and
young people, for teachers or other school staff, for the environment, for
the community? (for example, learning about sustainable lifestyles,
learners’ connection to their local community and environment, the health
and well-being of children and youth)
5. (How) can place-based education contribute to the places, communities and
environments concerned? (for example, community attitudes and behaviours,
community cohesion, more sustainable communities, conservation and habitat
protection plans, place-sensitive design and development).
6. How can local communities contribute to place-sensitive landscape
development in urban and rural places?
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