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I'm involved in an effort locally to start a place-based charter school (a
move made necessary by the closing of our local neighborhood school deemed
"exceptional" by the state, but not of high value to our district). I'm also
the project evaluator on a place-based professional development project in
the Four Corners. For more information on place-based learning and its
effectiveness, check out the attached link:
http://www.peecworks.org/PEEC/PEEC_Research/S0032637E
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Anne Gurnee
Senior Associate
David Heil & Associates, Inc.
4614 SW Kelly Avenue, Suite 100
Portland, OR 97239
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> From: "Ryan, Carol J MVS" <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Informal Science Education Network <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:24:16 -0600
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: informal supporting formal
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> This problem is exactly what a new movement called "place-based" education is
> getting at. Gaining momentum, especially in the environmental education
> field it puts the students in charge of designing their learning experience
> with "guidance" from teachers. It has been found (through reaearch) that
> student grades, participation, and attitudes have greatly improved through
> this program. I am looking at developing a site here, and would encourage
> everyone to check it out.
>
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> Carol Ryan
> Interpretive Services & Outreach Program Leader
> Rivers Project Office/National Great Rivers Museum
> PO Box 337
> Alton, IL 62002
> (618) 462-6979
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Informal Science Education Network
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stephen Uzzo
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 8:49 AM
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> Subject: Re: informal supporting formal
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> This may be simplistic (also expressly my own opinion, and does not
> necessarily reflect that of my home institution), but: in the hands of a
> well-intentioned educational regime, the very core values of science
> (inquiry, skepticism, seeking proof, etc.) are systematically stripped from
> children until they are cast off at the end of schooling. Then, as adults who
> have been brainwashed into seeking simple answers, loathing math, and
> memorizing a perplexing rubbish heap of disjointed information, they are
> required to think on their own. . . To vote, Make major decisions about the
> quality of life for themselves and other living things, And to navigate an
> increasingly complex world filled with spin and false prophecies. The
> disconnect between what is asked of global citizens, and how they are
> educated needs to be bridged. Could there be a stronger role for science
> museums in doing this? Can we be a vaccine for teaching to the test? Perhaps
> the best way informal learning institutions can support formal ones is to
> help save them from themselves. A couple of resources which I have found
> useful are:
> "Deschooling Society," Ivan Illich (out of print) available online at
> http://olivier.hammam.free.fr/imports/illich/deschool/)
> and "Science for all Americans"
> Available online at:
> http://www.project2061.org/publications/sfaa/online/sfaatoc.htm?ql
>
> --
> Stephen Miles Uzzo
> Director of Technology
> New York Hall of Science
> 47-01 111th Street
> Flushing Meadows Corona Park
> New York 11368 U.S.A.
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> f. +1.718.699.1341
> http://www.nyscience.org
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