Placed-Based Education Annotated Resource List

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Children, Youth and Environments 21(1), 2011 Placed-Based Education Annotated Resource List Corrie R. Colvin College of Architecture and Planning University of Colorado Citation: Colvin, Corrie R. (2011). “Place-Based Education Annotated Resource List.” Children, Youth and Environments 21(1): 332-348. This annotated resource list is intended to serve as a guide for readers and scholars looking for place-based education (PBE) references, curriculum and activity guides, theoretical and applied books, academic analyses, research, reviews, and online web resources. Whether looking for a means to help further one’s own understanding or that of one’s community, this list can serve as a starting place for building new knowledge or extending existing knowledge on place-based education and the benefits available from such an approach to lifelong learning. The list of resources began with those in the reference collections in the Children, Youth and Environments Center of the University of Colorado and was then extended through online search tools using the following keywords: “place-based education,” “children and nature,” and “place-based environmental education.” Other references were located through listserv notices provided by the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education. This resource list is not exhaustive. The books selected offer place-based education methods and their application, as well as theoretical and background information on child development and lifelong learning that provide support for place-based education. The scholarly articles and reports review and discuss place-based education programs, as well as provide additional references that may be helpful, but which are outside the scope of the resource list provided below. When possible, a link to the electronic version of each article is included. Films are included as a visual and auditory resource for placebased education case studies. The websites and Internet-based resource tools listed provide useful applied information including how-to and case studies, listservs and newsletters, educational support (e.g., webinars) and teacher tools (e.g., supportive curriculum, grant availability, school ground design). Additionally, this list is limited to resources published in English. If you have additional suggestions for information that should be included, please contact Corrie Colvin (corrie.colvin@colorado.edu).© 2011 Children, Youth and Environments Place-Based Education Annotated Resource List 333 Books and Book Chapters Adams, Eileen and Colin Ward (1982). Art and the Built Environment: A Teacher’s Approach. UK: Longman Group. Banning, Wendy and Ginny Sullivan (2011). Lens on Outdoor Learning. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press. Danks, Sharon Gamson (2010). Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation. Oakland, CA: New Village Press. Dudek, Mark (2005). Children’s Spaces. Amsterdam: Elsevier Architectural Press. Grant, Tim and Gail Littlejohn, eds. (2001). Greening School Grounds: Creating Habitats for Learning. Toronto: Green Teacher Press. Gruenewald, David and Gregory Smith, eds. (2007). Place-Based Education in the Global Age: Local Diversity. New York: Routledge. Haas, Toni and Paul Nachtigal (1998). Place Value: An Educator’s Guide to Good Literature on Rural Lifeways, Environments, and Purposes of Education. Charleston, SC: Appalachia Educational Laboratory. Hart, Roger (1997). Children’s Participation: The Theory and Practice of Involving Young Citizens in Community Development and Environmental Care. London: EarthScan. Higgins, Peter and Robbie Nicol (2002). Outdoor Education: Authentic Learning in the Context of Landscapes, Vol. 2. Kisa, Sweden: Comenius Action 2.1. http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/outdoored/research/oe_authentic_learning.pdf Jacobson, Susan K., Mallory D. McDuff and Martha C. Monroe (2006). Conservation Education and Outreach Techniques (Techniques in Ecology and Conservation). New York: Oxford University Press. Johnson, Lauri Macmillan and Kim Duffek (2008). Creating Outdoor Classrooms: Schoolyard Habitats and Gardens for the South. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. Kahn, Peter and Stephen Kellert, eds. (2002). Children and Nature: Psychological, Sociocultural, and Evolutionary Investigations. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Keaney, Brian and Bill Lucas, eds. (1992). The Outdoor Classroom. UK: Scholastic Publications. Place-Based Education Annotated Resource List 334 Leslie, Claire Walker, John Tallmadge and Tom Wessels (1999). Into the Field: A Guide to Locally Focused Teaching. Nature Literacy Series, Vol. 3. Great Barrington, MA: The Orion Society. Littledyke, Michael, Neil Taylor and Chris Eames (2009). Education for Sustainability in the Primary Curriculum: A Guide for Teachers. Melbourne, AU: Palgrave MacMillan. Moore, Robin C. and Herbert H. Wong (1997...