Place-Based Learning: A rural school and community development strategy
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PLACE-BASED LEARNING: A RURAL SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
Appalachian Higher Education Network
Asheville, NC
June 12, 2014
Doris Terry Williams, Ed. D.
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…helping rural schools and
communitiesget better together
OUR MISSION…
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Place-Based Education…3
Learning that is rooted in the unique
History
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Place-Based Education…4
Learning that is rooted in the unique
Environment
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Place-Based Education5
Learning that is rooted in the unique
Economy
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Place-Based Education
Learning that is rooted in the unique
culture
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PBE: Tenet 1
The community is the context for learning.
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PBE: Tenet 2
Student work focuses on important community issues.
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PBE: Tenet 3
Community members are resources and partners in every aspect of teaching and
learning.
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PBE: Tenet 4
Products of student learning address community needs.
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A Community Development Framework for Place-Based Education
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The process by which a community
Creates, retains, and reinvests wealth
Raises standard of living
Improves quality of life
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Community Development Framework
Social InfrastructureSocial Infrastructure Civic EngagementCivic Engagement Human ServicesHuman Services Leadership DevelopmentLeadership Development
Physical InfrastructurePhysical Infrastructure Transportation/Transportation/ Communication Communication EnvironmentalEnvironmental
ProtectionProtection Land Use PlanningLand Use Planning
Workforce DevelopmentWorkforce Development PK-Work (Children)PK-Work (Children) Continuing Education & Continuing Education &
Retraining (Adults)Retraining (Adults) Preparation of thePreparation of the
Under-skilledUnder-skilled
Economic DevelopmentEconomic Development ReinvestmentReinvestment Business ExpansionBusiness Expansion Small Business Small Business
DevelopmentDevelopment
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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
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A Four-Legged Stool
Environmental Conservation
Economic Development
Youth Leadership
Social Justice
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The Beginning: Visioning15
Students envision environmentallysafe and sustainable economicalternatives
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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?
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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
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Students developing and testing recipes in the Chop Shop.
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Local produce used to make smoothies and other healthy foods, and to supply five school districts with fresh vegetables.
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Students conducting market research at the Annual Cantaloupe Festival
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Students conducting market research at the Annual Cantaloupe Festival
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Change for What?
Fix a problem or situation quickly
Short-term projects, e.g., cleaning a stream; improving water and sewer infrastructures
Local or outside resource providers
You come and fix or do this for our community
Very little learning or change in thought or behavior
Teach others to fix Learning is narrowly focused; and change is non-systemic; process might not work for that community
Training in “best practices”
Pre-defined step-by-step processes
Dependency – We need you to teach us what to do and how
Learning is narrowly focused; and change is non-systemic; process might not work for that community
Help others to understand it
Research; data analysis
Dependency on “expert” skills and knowledge to enable stakeholder action
Understanding of the problem and/or results of past and current behavior; seeing self
Transform thought and behavior
Facilitators facilitate a process to co-discovery knowledge and solutions, acknowledging that they do not have the solution
Stakeholders Co-dependency Transformation of thought and behavior; sustainable; systemic
Goal Looks Like… Solutions Provided By…
Relationships Kind of Change
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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
Implications for Change23
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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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