Beyond the Field Trip: Teaching and Learning in Public Places - Softcover

Krishnaswami, Uma

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0208025014 ISBN 13: 9780208025012

Publisher: Shoe String Press Inc.,U.S., 2001

Synopsis

Offers alternative ways to use field trips, or place-based learning, to increase students' learning through the process of inquiry, including examples of using the technique across the curriculum in a wide variety of settings.

About this title

Synopsis

This is a book for teachers and others who want to move some learning out of the classroom and into authentic contexts. Krishnaswami is writer-in-residence at a national monument in Arizona. Here she covers all aspects of place-based teaching and learning, both pedagogical and physical, from teaching writing in special places; ways to understand the past; History Day; using special abilities of students and accommodating their special needs; promoting stewardship of the environment, both natural and manmade; taking outcomes back to the community; using state and local resources as well as national; and learning at a distance. Appendixes give resources, a sample teacher guide, and a sample poetry curriculum developed for on-site learning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Shoe String Press Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0208025014
• ISBN 13: 9780208025012
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152