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Publication Date: 2020
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Pathways, Philosophies, and Pedagogies: Conversations with Teacher Educators about Place-Based Education
McVittie, Janet; Webber, Geoffrey; Miller, Dianne; Hellsten, Laurie
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, v23 n1 p33-49 2020
Place-based education (PBE) promises greater social and ecological justice at a time of great planetary need. This paper explores the experiences and beliefs of eight teacher educators from Canadian teacher education faculties who were invited to give their perspectives on PBE as they theorize and deliver it in their teacher education programs. Analysis of their interviews identified the participants' pathways to PBE, their terminologies for PBE, their understanding of PBE's purposes, their pedagogical practices, their sense of the structures (systemic attitudes and administrative supports or exigencies) that affect PBE, and their integration of Indigenous knowledges of place. The participants demonstrate a deep philosophical approach to place that could enhance environmental and perhaps Indigenous education more broadly.
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Place Based Education, Social Justice, Teaching Experience, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Knowledge, Educational Philosophy, Environmental Education, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary, Power Structure
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education. Faculty of Education, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada. Fax: 807-346-7771; e-mail: cjee@lakeheadu.ca; Web site: http://cjee.lakeheadu.ca
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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