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Rural Voices
Place-Conscious Education and the Teaching of Writing
Robert E. Brooke, Editor
Practitioner Inquiry
Pub Date: May 2003, 240 pages
Paperback: $21.95, ISBN: 0807743658
Cloth: $48.00, ISBN: 0807743666
 
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"Robert Brooke and his colleagues have crafted a book that is both inspirational and instructive. Their stories of place-conscious writing experiences are woven skillfully with ‘how to’ instructions for those who want to motivate students to write and to learn to love their place. This book is a wonderful resource for educators and community people who believe in the power of place and the importance of writing."
— Barbara J. Poore, Field Coordinator, Rural School and Community Trust Featuring lively essays from rural elementary and secondary school teachers, this volume describes the theory and practice of place-conscious education—using one’s local place to build real, lasting connections to learning. The teachers describe the development and implementation of rich classroom writing programs that link learners with their rural communities and can serve as models for both public engagement and pedagogy. The outgrowth of research led by the National Writing Project and funded in part by the Annenberg Rural Challenge, this book: - Applies place-conscious ideas to rural and regional contexts, rather than to urban communities in crisis.
- Shows how to integrate place-conscious teaching into student-centered workshop teaching.
- Describes a community writing project that attempted to save a school in the face of economic worries.
- Details a Rural Institute program that guides teachers in implementing place-conscious education in their setting.
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