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Publication Date: 2019
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Place-Based Education from Three Perspectives
Cincera, Jan; Valesova, Barbora; Krepelkova, Sarka; Simonova, Petra; Kroufek, Roman
Environmental Education Research, v25 n10 p1510-1523 2019
This article examines the perception of the Czech place-based education program School for Sustainable Development from the perspectives of the participating students, teachers, and representatives of the local municipalities. The study is based on an analysis of paired or group interviews with 47 students, 7 teachers, and 6 representatives. The findings show that while the teachers perceived the process of the students' involvement in planning and conducting a community-based project as highly participative, the students' opportunities to shape the process through making their own decisions were rather limited and the teachers kept control over important parts of the process to themselves. While the cooperation of the schools with their respective municipalities was appreciated by most of the respondents, several barriers have been identified. Participation in the project has likely increased the teachers' self-effectiveness, developed the students' interpersonal competence, and improved the atmosphere at the schools involved.
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Sustainable Development, Municipalities, Decision Making, Interpersonal Competence, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Community Programs, Teacher Student Relationship, School Community Relationship, Self Efficacy, Teacher Effectiveness, Barriers, Program Descriptions, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Czech Republic
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