Learning with the Land Relevant Readings
“A day in the mountains is worth a mountain of
books.”
--John Muir
The following is a collection of books and articles that we included
in the resource binder for our 2006 Arts, Environment and
Sustainability Institute, as well as articles used during our 2006-2007 Learning with the Land Course. If you have any difficulty in finding
these publications, please Contact Us and we would be happy to assist
you.
• Clark, Delia, ed. Principles and Promising Practices of Place-Based Education: A Manual for Educators Working with Public Lands and Their Neighboring Communities. The Center for Place-Based Learning and Community Engagement & A Forest for Every Classroom, 2006.
• Haas, Toni and Paul Nachtigal. “More About the Books: An Annotated Bibliography.” From Place Value: An Educator’s Guide to Good Literature on Rural Lifeways, Environments, and Purposes of Education. ERIC Clearninghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools, 1998.
• Orr, David. “A Prerequisite to the Great Books of Allan Bloom: A Syllabus for Ecological Literacy.” From David Orr, Ecological iteracy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World. SUNY Press, 1992.
• The Earth Charter. United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development, 2000.
• Vermont Community Works journal.
• Burger, Ron (2005). An Ethic of Excellence.
• Clark, Delia (Ed.). (2006). Principles and Promising Practices of Place-Based Education: A Manual for Educators Working with Public Lands And Their Neighboring Communities. Center for Place-based Learning and Community Engagement.
• Demarest, Amy (Ed.). (1997). This Lake Alive! An Interdisciplinary Handbook for Teaching and Learning about the Lake Champlain Basin. Shelburne Farms.
• Gruenewald, David A. (2003). The Best of Both Worlds: A Critical Pedagogy of Place. Educational Researcher, 31 (4), pp. 3-12.
• Haas, Toni and Paul Nachtigal. (1998). Place Value: An Educator’s Guide to Good Literature on Rural Lifeways, Environments, and Purposes of Education. ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools.
• Harvard Graduate School of Education for the Rural Trust. (1999a). Living and learning in rural schools and communities: A report to the Annenburg Rural Challenge. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Graduate School of Education.
• Orr, David. (1992). Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World. SUNY Press.
• Perrone, Vito. (1998). Teacher with a Heart: Reflections on Leonard Covello and community. New York: Teachers College Press.
• Sobel, David. (2005). Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms & Communities. The Orion Society.
• Watson-Blagden, Emily. (2006) The Willowell Land Parcel: Designing Education with Permaculture. Senior Project at Hampshire College.
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