Learning From Your Place
Place-based learning can be not only a tool for creating more engaging and relevant programs but also a way for a school to deepen meaningful connections with its community and region.

Webinars

Flexing Time and Space - In our October 27 Academic Leaders Webinar, Sarah welcomes Donny Pyles, current One Schoolhouse faculty member and Dean of Instruction at Christchurch School, to discuss how Christchurch has reconsidered their use of time to focus on deeper learning and more meaningful feedback for students. ​

Why Place-Based Learning Matters - Adam Hellebuyck and Chris Hemler have spent years developing a unique place-based US History course at University Liggett School. Adam and Chris spoke with One Schoolhouse's Peter Gow and Sarah Hanawald, and talked about how their course departs ​from a traditional course to one that is responsive to the school’s values and mission and takes advantage of the resources in their community to engage students in becoming historians.
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Independent Advanced Curriculum: Place-Based US History at University Liggett School - Instead of this traditional approach, the U.S. history courses at University Liggett School are taught through a fixed, place-based approach: Detroit, Michigan, and the Great Lakes region are the steady lens through which the essential themes of U.S. history are explored. ​
Immersion Learning at the Miami Valley School - For over fifty years The Miami Valley School (OH) has been deeply committed to experiential learning. In this webinar you will learn about The MVS Immersion Method and how students learn from actual experiences rather than from the traditional teacher-centric content delivery.

Blog Posts

​E-Books & Research Papers

  • The Watery Realm - A series of essays by Peter Gow about the ways in which bodies of water--lakes, rivers, and seas--inspire and ignite curiosity for those who venture onto, into, or near them. In this case "school" is water and can teach myriad lessons in what it means to be a living being on our planet. Stay tuned for an audiobook of The Watery Realm coming soon!

​Podcasts

Chesapeake Watershed Semester at The Gunston School - Host Peter Gow speaks about PLACE-BASED LEARNING with John Lewis and Emily Beck of The Gunston School in Maryland—how thoughtful and immersive place-based learning can help students build deep understanding and meaningful engagement with their studies, their communities, and their world.
Uniquely PCD: Engaging Students the Providence Country Day School Way​ - Listen to how Providence Country Day School (RI) fulfills its mission to“to inspire lives of engaged citizenship” and creates a culture of engaged learning and living at the school in this podcast hosted by Peter Gow. 
Pulse for Academic Leaders
How does your school engage in the local community? July 4, 2021