As another semester comes to a close, I find myself, once again, reflecting on the notion of learning.  How do I know that my students are learning?  How can I find even more ways to engage them with the material?

As I do this reflection every semester, I keep returning to the importance of place-based approaches to teaching and learning.  Within this website you’ll find numerous discussions on the importance and relevance of this approach….by why is it not more common?  Why do many teachers view it as something radical?  Others think it requires too much work?  I just don’t seem to understand why this isn’t one of the more common ways we approach the classroom.

Relevance, one of the primary requirements of creating a learning centered environment, seems to be something we have not integrated into our public school and university classrooms.  This must change….any thoughts on how?  I welcome your comments and/or suggestions…….

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