Place-Based Pedagogy Education

Place-Based Education is an approach that connects learning and communities with the
primary goals of increasing student engagement, boosting academic outcomes, impacting communities, and promoting understanding of the world around us. It emphasizes hands on and it is always related to real-world learning experience. The benefits of Place-Based Education are that learning is grounded in local communities and contexts, the students experience student centered and personalized learning, and it is relevant and engaging. Another benefit is that it boosts students achievement, students connect with a place, and it creates a partnership between schools and communities. The lessons can be inquiry based and the students can gain better understanding of the world around them.

Research has shown that place-based education has increased student achievement. The students use local as one of the primary resources for learning. For example, my lesson plan is on the Battle of Palo Alto. I would used place-based education by having a field trip to the battlefield so the students lesson will be more relevant. The students get to make connections with what they learned and what they will see and it broaden their educational experiences. The students will get motivated and engaged in an active learning experience.