What is Place-based Learning? Place-based learning is an instructional approach that focuses on developing student’s sense of place and learning through exploring their environment. Thus, most ...

On an overpass in North Portland overlooking Interstate 5, Kathryn Nock and Jordan Stokes are taking stock of the neighborhood, including nearby Harriet Tubman Middle School. “It’s kind of hard to ...

Place-based learning can benefit impoverished, rural schools by helping students and teachers look at their communities in new ways and giving lessons more real-world connections and impact, rural ...

At a conference last summer, Bill Gates predicted that “place-based activity in college will be five times less important than it is today.” Noting the ever-growing popularity of online learning, he ...

Situated in a meeting room overlooking the Mississippi River, six project directors and their evaluators gathered at the Tulane River and Coastal Center in New Orleans, Louisiana as part of the first ...

A discussion of how the exploration and understanding of a place can be the backbone of higher education teaching and learning, whether delivered online or in-person Four academics discuss the role of ...

Like the phoenix of Greek legend, the Village Learning Place of Charles Village rose from its own virtual ashes in 1997 and has since helped more than 15,000 low-income residents soar above their ...

Parents homeschooling their children have been left frustrated trying to log onto the Learning Place and Learning at Home websites, some labelling the system a joke and parents and teachers alike ...

Figure 1: Selective targeting of striatal cholinergic interneurons results in enhancement of reversal learning. Figure 2: Targeting of the DMS cholinergic interneurons enhances reversal learning ...