Revealing the Stories of a Place: Designing Curricula on an Island
Document Type
Presentation
Presentation Date
4-16-2023
Abstract or Description
SeaShell Island (pseudonym) is a Georgia barrier island, accessible solely by boat, protected from development through a public-private partnership between a foundation and the state. It has the potential to serve as a primary resource for inspiration, education, and lifelong learning. Our study illuminates how one pre-service teacher (PST) and six teacher educators (TEs) experienced an immersive site visit to this interdisciplinary learning environment (i.e., SeaShell Island). We highlight the importance of experiencing places first-hand and using sources (e.g., oral histories) to make content connections. Additionally, the immersive site visit experience provided us with the opportunity to collaboratively brainstorm place-based curricular ideas.
Sponsorship/Conference/Institution
American Educational Research Association Conference (AERA)
Location
Chicago, IL
Recommended Citation
Cornett, Ariel, Delandrea Hall, Kathryn L. Haughney, Cynthia C. Massey, Amanda Wall, Kania Greer.
2023.
"Revealing the Stories of a Place: Designing Curricula on an Island."
Department of Elementary and Special Education Faculty Presentations.
Presentation 230.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/teach-elementary-facpres/230
Additional Information
Georgia Southern University faculty members, Ariel Cornett, Delandrea Hall, Kathryn L. Haughney, Cynthia C. Massey, Amanda Wall, and Kania Greer co-presented Revealing the Stories of a Place: Designing Curricula on an Island in the American Educational Research Association Conference (AERA), April 2023.