Place-Based Education -- A Systematic Review of Literature

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Title: Place-Based Education -- A Systematic Review of Literature
Language: English
Authors: Miri Yemini, Laura Engel, Adi Ben Simon
Source: Educational Review. 2025 77(2):640-660.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 21
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
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Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change, Outdoor Education, Family Environment, Factor Analysis, Research Reports, Journal Articles, Educational History, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education
DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2023.2177260
ISSN: 0013-1911
1465-3397
Abstract: Place based education (PBE) is a pedagogical approach that emphasises the connection between a learning process and the physical place in which teachers and students are located. It incorporates the meanings and the experiences of place in teaching and learning, which can extend beyond the walls of the school. PBE regained significant attention with the early 2020 outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused large scale school closures globally and forced the rapid adoption of alternative learning environments, including teaching and learning outdoors, and learning from home. This systematic review aims to analyse English language research on PBE published in peer reviewed journals in the last twenty years. We map the themes included in this research corpus, highlight the geographical and subject specific topics where PBE is analysed, and categorise the themes that emerged from the research, according to Ardoin and colleagues' model of PBE dimensions. (Ardoin et al. [2012]. Exploring the dimensions of place: A confirmatory factor analysis of data from three ecoregional sites. "Environmental Education Research," 18(5), 583-607. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2011.640930). As educators, scholars and policymakers in many countries increasingly seek to integrate PBE into curricula, a broad understanding and status check of current research directions will help steer future studies of PBE, as well as help guide education policy and practice.
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Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: EJ1464350
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Place based education (PBE) is a pedagogical approach that emphasises the connection between a learning process and the physical place in which teachers and students are located. It incorporates the meanings and the experiences of place in teaching and learning, which can extend beyond the walls of the school. PBE regained significant attention with the early 2020 outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused large scale school closures globally and forced the rapid adoption of alternative learning environments, including teaching and learning outdoors, and learning from home. This systematic review aims to analyse English language research on PBE published in peer reviewed journals in the last twenty years. We map the themes included in this research corpus, highlight the geographical and subject specific topics where PBE is analysed, and categorise the themes that emerged from the research, according to Ardoin and colleagues' model of PBE dimensions. (Ardoin et al. [2012]. Exploring the dimensions of place: A confirmatory factor analysis of data from three ecoregional sites. "Environmental Education Research," 18(5), 583-607. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2011.640930). As educators, scholars and policymakers in many countries increasingly seek to integrate PBE into curricula, a broad understanding and status check of current research directions will help steer future studies of PBE, as well as help guide education policy and practice.
ISSN:0013-1911
1465-3397
DOI:10.1080/00131911.2023.2177260