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Place-Based Learning: A rural school and community development strategy

Place-Based Learning: A rural school and community development strategy. Appalachian Higher Education Network Asheville, NC June 12, 2014 Doris Terry Williams, Ed. D. OUR MISSION…. …helping rural schools and communities get better together. Place-Based Education….

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Place-Based Learning: A rural school and community development strategy

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  1. Place-Based Learning: A rural school and community development strategy Appalachian Higher Education Network Asheville, NC June 12, 2014 Doris Terry Williams, Ed. D.

  2. OUR MISSION… …helping rural schools and communities get better together

  3. Place-Based Education… Learning that is rooted in the unique History

  4. Place-Based Education… Learning that is rooted in the unique Environment

  5. Place-Based Education Learning that is rooted in the unique Economy

  6. Place-Based Education Learning that is rooted in the unique culture

  7. PBE: Tenet 1 The community is the context for learning.

  8. PBE: Tenet 2 Student work focuses on important community issues.

  9. PBE: Tenet 3 Community members are resources and partners in every aspect of teaching and learning.

  10. PBE: Tenet 4 Products of student learning address community needs.

  11. A Community Development Framework for Place-Based Education • The process by which a community • Creates, retains, and reinvests wealth • Raises standard of living • Improves quality of life

  12. Community Development Framework

  13. Economic Development • Goal:Increase opportunities for income generation without harming the environment • Three strategies– • Recruitment (increased competition; increasingly low return for rural communities) • Expansion of existing businesses • Establishment of new, small businesses

  14. A Four-Legged Stool Environmental Conservation Economic Development Youth Leadership Social Justice

  15. The Beginning: Visioning Students envision environmentally safe and sustainable economic alternatives

  16. Questions Key Question: What are our community assets that could lead to an environmentally safe and sustainable economy? • Where does our food come from? • What is the economic impact of food businesses (Burger King, Food Lion, etc.) on the local community? Where do they get their food products? • What difference would it make to use locally grown products?

  17. New Generation Activities • GPS/GIS Mapping of food spots in the county • New Generation Beverages • Synergy around Food Access and Local Produce • GAP-certified farmers • Food Chop Shop • Employment

  18. Students developing and testing recipes in the Chop Shop.

  19. Local produce used to make smoothies and other healthy foods, and to supply five school districts with fresh vegetables.

  20. Students conducting market research at the Annual Cantaloupe Festival

  21. Students conducting market research at the Annual Cantaloupe Festival

  22. Change for What?

  23. Implications for Change In the school building and classroom In the relationship between the school and community In professional development of educators, community organizations, policy makers In the relationship between and among community-based organizations

  24. Rural School and Community Trust Doris Terry Williams doris.williams@ruraledu.org 252-433-8844 www.ruraledu.org

  25. PBL Project Videos http://www.videoproject.com/growingupgreen.html http://abcnews.go.com/US/bringing_america_back/saving-small-towns-groceries/story?id=14755000

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