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Engaging with Learnscapes: Connecting Community and School

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Colin Boylan  and
Andrew Wallace
Colin Boylan
Affiliation:
School of Education, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, 2678, Australia
Andrew Wallace
Affiliation:
School of Education, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, 2678, Australia
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Abstract

Learnscapes are 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 Learnscape as a significant focus to engage with its community. Within the school the Learnscapes Program works from the classroom to the playground and from there to the broader community to create a new place for learning. The Learnscapes Program 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 Learnscapes are documented.

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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 94 - 102
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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