Call for Proposals – Place-based Education issue
Contribute to a special issue of Green Teacher on Place-based Education!
What inspires teachers to take students out of the classroom to learn? What are the challenges? What are the rewards?
Scheduled for publication in the Summer of 2016, this special issue of Green Teacher will address the particular rewards and challenges teachers encounter while learning with their students outside of the classroom. Articles will encompass how educators (classroom teachers and non-formal educators) orchestrate place-based learning worldwide. We welcome contributions about the history of this practice, inspirational tales, how students meet standards, logistics of learning outdoors, and so on.
Teachers, students, and providers of professional development are invited to send in a proposal. Send outline of proposed article to: Amy Demarest at abdpbegt@gmail.com.
Deadline for submitting outlines: August 1, 2015. (For more general information about contributing to Green Teacher, (click here.)
Guest editor: Amy Demarest, (Our Curriculum Matters) author of Place-based Curriculum Design: Exceeding Standards Through Local Investigations and GT 106 cover story Reading the World, Not Just the Words.
The Spring Issue is Here
Although the blooms of spring have passed, we hope the following news about Green Teacher’s Spring issue will nonetheless be of interest. The Spring issue showcases engaging articles on a wide variety of fascinating topics. From bees to caves to youth farm projects and using photography as an educational tool, our Spring Issue has something to offer all teachers and non-formal educators. .
As with all issues of our non-profit magazine, two of the articles are fully and freely available to non-subscribers. And everyone can read the first few paragraphs of each article, to help decide whether they might want to purchase the issue or take out a subscription. And it is worth noting that we’ve dramatically expanded the benefits of subscribing: all subscribers have full access to over 50 webinars and 300 articles and activities from past issues, that have been catalogued according to topic and age levels. .
As with all issues of our non-profit magazine, two of the articles are fully and freely available to non-subscribers. And everyone can read the first few paragraphs of each article, to help decide whether they might want to purchase the issue or take out a subscription. And it is worth noting that we’ve dramatically expanded the benefits of subscribing: all subscribers have full access to over 50 webinars and 300 articles and activities from past issues, that have been catalogued according to topic and age levels. .
You can preview the issue here, or peruse the table of contents below, find links to the free articles – and glean details of Greening School Grounds, our newest ebook.
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