Promise of Place Conference,
March 2007
The Promise of Place conference promotes concepts of
place-based education in the Northern Forest and beyond.
Place-based education is firmly rooted in what is local: history,
economy, literature, art, ethnicity, environment and geography
all contribute to curriculum. Rather than learning from traditional
textbooks, learners incorporate personal experience and interaction
with community members as part of the educational process.
Promise of Place is co-hosted by the Northern Forest
Center and Shelburne Farms, in partnership with The Center for
Place-based Learning and Community Engagement, a program of the
National Park Service Conservation Study Institute. The next Promise
of Place conference takes place March 15–17, 2007 at the
Lake Morey Inn in Fairlee, VT.
Register for the 2007 Promise of Place conference.
Read the 2005 Promise of Place conference
press release. |