Place-based Education: Connecting Classrooms & Communities, With Index

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The author details and celebrates an approach to teaching that emphasizes connections among school, community, and environment.

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David Sobel, senior faculty in the Education Department of Antioch University New England, consults and speaks widely on environmental education. He is the author of six previous books and more than sixty articles focused on children and nature for publications including Orion, Encounters, Sierra, and Sanctuary. He lives in Harrisville, New show more Hampshire. show less

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LCC: GE70 .S63 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Environmental Sciences Environmental sciences Environmental education
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Place-based Education: Connecting Classrooms & Communities, With Index

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