Under the theme 'Valuing Local Distinctiveness', the Carnegie Commission for Rural Community Development made the following recommendation:
'Encourage place-based learning as part of the school curriculum- we call upon governments, the curriculum development agencies, local education authorities and the teaching profession to support place-based education as a cross-cutting feature of the primary and secondary curriculum in rural schools.'
At the start of 2009, Cornish educationalist, Will Coleman was invited by Carnegie to further investigate the potential of place-based learning and address this recommendation. In the Trust's work to ensure that rural priorities are fully recognised by decision-makers, they identified the need for schools to become involved in nurturing a heightened awareness of 'place.'
'It is clear that the school will often play a pivotal role in the cultural life of a rural community. Surely schools have a responsibility to equip rural children and young people to coninue to live and work in rural areas if they choose to do so?' Kate Braithwaite, Director of the Rural Programme.
This report is an overview of the current discourse around place-based learning. Will Coleman discusses the background and gives an introduction to what is understood by the term. He has also compiled a literature review and a list of recent reports and policy. To illustrate this discourse has has included a case study of Padstow Primary School who have embarked on a three-year place-based learning project.
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| Place-Based Learning Report.pdf | 2.39 MB |