Place-Based Pedagogy Education

When planning these lesson we took John Dewey’s ideology of learning through hands-on activities into consideration. Human beings learn by doing. For children, hands-on activities and interacting with their environment is a great way to learn and retain knowledge because it engages students in the lessons. Learning through experiences can also be beneficial to students because they are able to connect what they have learned to the outside world. We want students to not only recall facts but explore ideas and create foldables and participate in activities. A conceptual understanding of what they have learned is better than having students memorize information.