Abstract

Without a doubt, Place-Based Education in the Global Age is an important and timely collection of work. Editors David A. Gruenewald and Gregory A. Smith do much to position the individual stories of learners and teachers that are found within this book at the forefront of a movement toward education in local diversity. At the outset, the editors make explicit the obstructive and detrimental division that exists between environmental educators and those interested in social justice and equity issues, and they highlight place-based education as a key mode of reconciliation. Following from Gruenewald's past work on the subject, the editors suggest that the book is an effort to consider what education might look like when it supports the twin goals of decolonization and reinhabitation"that is, when it supports both environmental and social justice objectives. This candid discussion, couched in a forceful critique of the corporate capitalist system, serves as an effective basis and guide for exploring the geographically and culturally varied stories of place-based education that are contained within this volume.

How to Cite:

Hayes-Conroy, J., (2008) “Book Review: Place-Based Education in the Global Age: Local Diversity”, Journal of Research in Rural Education 23(2), 1–4.

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