sense of place

Jobs for Kids: Creating Community Through Meaningful Work

Gail Multop · posted on April 21, 2018Uncategorizedchild care, classroom community, Enthusiasm, family-school partnership, sense of placeLeave a comment · 3848 Views

Jobs for kids! What a thought!It conjures up images of assembly lines with children chained, or at least velcroed to their seats. Not a pleasant, or even, legal image. Children are beautiful, full of life and fun. They are creative people with amazing minds. Why should parents and teachers yoke them to responsibilities aside from […]

Engaging with Place & Community: Walking with High School Students

Gillian Judson · posted on June 5, 2017Uncategorizedcommunity engagement, Imaginative Education, outdoorlearning, sense of place, student engagementLeave a comment · 5568 Views

Walk more. Anywhere. (Rubinstein, 2015, p. 251) The Walking Curriculum offers learning activities designed to simultaneously develop your students’ sense of place and to enrich their understanding of cross-curricular topics and core competencies. Walking curriculum activities reflect the principles and practices of Imaginative Ecological Education as they connect engagement of the body, imagination and the […]