Israel, Andrei L. “Putting Geography Education into Place: What Geography Educators Can Learn from Place-Based Education, and Vice Versa.” Journal of Geography 111, no. 2 (2012): 76–81. This article details the theory and practice behind place-based education as well as the current state of geography field-work. The author argues that both geography and place-based education can […]
Project Lyttelton: Utilizing Social Capital
My initial plan to work with Project Lyttelton for my first two weeks to get acquainted with the area blossomed into living there my entire time in New Zealand. I think it’s a testament to place and community that it happened that way — initially I didn’t really expect it to connect to my work […]
Child Friendly Christchurch
A few weeks ago, I attended a community meeting regarding the push to make Christchurch a Child Friendly City. Admittedly, I had never heard of Child Friendly cities before this meeting. After some research, I learned that it is an initiative launched by UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) to promote the democratic empowerment, health, safety, […]
Kaikorai Valley College
Today I met with Simon McMillan, the head science teacher at Kaikorai Valley College in Dunedin. I was referred to Simon through Jocelyn Papprill at Environment Canterbury, as they worked together on preparing New Zealand’s Education for Sustainability (EfS) curriculum together a few years back. Since I had been predominantly visiting primary schools, visiting a […]
Koukourārata Marae
Today I had the pleasure of joining Jocelyn, Environment Canterbury’s Youth Engagement Educator, on a visit to a local Marae, or Maori meeting place. This specific Marae, Koukourārata, is located about 45 minutes from Lyttelton, just over the hill and along the coast. We arrived just after 9am, and the sun was shining, creating a […]
Te Aro School
My time on the North Island was quite a whirlwind. In Wellington, I caught up with some family friends who moved to New Zealand almost 15 years ago. Their daughter was one of my friends in elementary school, and we did a bit of a flip flop – she is now in college in the […]