Engaging with Learnscapes: Connecting Community and School

Colin Boylan; Andrew Wallace

doi:10.1375/S1326011100000636

Authors

Colin Boylan Charles Sturt University
Andrew Wallace Charles Sturt University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1375/S1326011100000636

Abstract

Learnscapesare places where learning has been designed in ways that enhance the interaction with an environment (Tyas-Tunggal, 1997). A small rural primary school has creatively adopted a Learnscapeas a significant focus to engage with its community. Within the school the LearnscapesProgram works from the classroom to the playground and from there to the broader community to create a new place for learning. The LearnscapesProgram allows cross curriculum boundaries to emerge and in the case of this school facilitates active participation with the school community, in ways that reengage culture, the community and curriculum. The experiences of this rural school as it promotes learning across the whole community through the exploration of Indigenous culture using Learnscapesare documented.

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