Foundations of Place: A Multidisciplinary Framework for Place-Conscious Education

@article{Gruenewald2003FoundationsOP,
  title={Foundations of Place: A Multidisciplinary Framework for Place-Conscious Education},
  author={David A. Gruenewald},
  journal={American Educational Research Journal},
  year={2003},
  volume={40},
  pages={619 - 654}
}
  • D. Gruenewald
  • Published 21 September 2003
  • Education
  • American Educational Research Journal
This article provides educators at all levels with a theoretical rationale for place-conscious education; it also discusses pedagogical pathways, and institutional challenges, to place-consciousness. Drawing on insights from phenomenology, critical geography, bioregionalism, ecofeminism, and other place-conscious traditions, the author gathers diverse perspectives on “place” to demonstrate the profoundly pedagogical nature of human experience with places. Five “dimensions of place” are… 
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