RCE London-2012

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Submitted by RCElondon on Tue, 2012-08-07 14:59
1. General Information
Contact Name(s): 
Neil Herrington
Organizational Affiliation : 
University of East London
Role in the project: 
Member
E-Mail Address(es): 
N.Herrington@uel.ac.uk
2. Project Information
1. Project title: 
Placed Based Learning Network
2. Project Description: 
Place-based education and/or ‘place-based learning’ describe a wide range of approaches which focus or ‘situate’ learning on the learners’ own “place” or home locality. They are generally oriented towards the local community and/or environment (in contrast to school-/institution based learning which often operate as if they are divorced from the local context). Typically, they are ‘hands-on’, collaborative, participatory and project-based. Furthermore, they tend to explore relevant ‘real-world’ issues with a view to understanding and taking action. Consequently they often use participatory research methods
3. Project Status: 
Ongoing
4. Key Words
Key Words: 
Biodiversity
Other: 
Placed based learning
5. Project categories
Project categories: 
Education
7. Duration of the Project:: 
2009 - ongoing
3. Project Leadership & Vision
8. Project coordination (e.g. teams): 
N. Herrington University of East London
9. Leadership structure
a. Administration: 
3
b. Transactional: 
3
c. Transformational: 
4
4. Project results
10. Project results : 
Development of ‘public participation GIS’ (PPGIS) partnership initiative between new LSBU SAIL Centre and schools. This is a dynamic interaction to enable local communities to build their own sustainability maps of their local place and use them as a tool to solve local sustainable development challenges.
11. Contribution to reforms and innovations: 
Results under evaluation.
13.Core Partners: 
LSBU EFS Programme; LSBU SAIL Centre (PPGIS); Mapping for Change; Local Schools; Humanities Education Centre, Tower Hamlets, People and Planet
5. Partnership and networking
14. Project Network
a. Information network: 
3
b. Knowledge network: 
3
c. Innovation network: 
4
6. Participation
15. Type of involvement: 
Our key partner involvement is via the Univerisity and East London and Tower Hamlets College.
16. Participation opportunities
a. Informational participation: 
3
b. Consultation participation: 
3
c. Decision influencing participation : 
4
7. Education & Learning
18. Learning activities: 
Learning is rooted in, but not confined to, the learners’ own “place” or home locality. Thus consideration of the links between the ‘home locality’ and the wider world is an important dimension. It enables the development of a cosmopolitan or ‘Global Sense of Place’ which allows solidarity with other places at a range of scales around the world.
19. Educational activities
a. Theory: 
2
b. Discussion: 
2
c. Interactive and Multidimensional "action oriented education": 
6
8. Research Integration
21. Research partners: 
University of East London
London South Bank Univeristy
22. Description of research
a. Disciplinary: 
3
b. Interdisciplinary: 
3
c. Transdisciplinary: 
4
Type: 
Project Reports
Region: 
Europe
Community: 
Inclusive Learning
Issue: 
Transformitive Learning
Country: 
United Kingdom