Announcement
The concurrent sessions are ready for your selection.
If you have registered as an individual, proceed to "Register for Seminar" to select your preferred choices of concurrent sessions.
If you have registered as a group, please inform your participants to create a new account and "Register for Seminar".
Revised Fees for Seminar Participants
The seminar organisers have managed to secure funding to subsidize the seminar fees for participants. The fees have been revised to only $160 per person. Do sign up now to secure your place at this exciting seminar!
Welcome to Place-Based Education at RIEL!
The Raffles Institute for Experiential Learning (RIEL) is part of Raffles Institution, Singapore. RIEL was set up in 2006 to enhance student development programmes through pedagogy and capability development.
As an Institute devoted to the development of character and values, RIEL aims to contribute significantly to the development of experiential education in Singapore schools, focusing on pedagogy and programme development in the following areas:
Post Seminar Workshop 1: Issues and Problems in Place-based Education
Capacity: 25 pax
Workshop fees: SGD $70 per pax
What is Place-Based Education?
For the purpose of discussions and presentations, it is essential to establish a definition of what is Place-Based Education. This definition encompasses the common elements that authors and practitioners of Place-Based Education consider as essential to the pedagogical approach.
Our Interpretation of Place-Based Education
Going beyond learning excursions, field trips and classes or even subject content, we believe that Place-Based Education is an approach that can help students discover the importance and meaning of relationships. We believe that the approach will help students see themselves as useful and contributive members of their community. This, in turn, motivates a heightened level of learning, advocacy and active citizenship.
Why use Place-Based Education approaches?
The use of a place to bring about educational outcomes can be found in community engagement programmes (i.e. heritage tours, Learning Journeys and Service-Learning), field trips for the Arts, and Outdoor Education. However, as most of these programmes are knowledge-based and product-focused, establishing connections may not be central to the design and delivery of these programmes. PBE can enhance existing school programmes in areas such as National Education, Community Involvement Project and Service Learning. By incorporating PBE approaches in existing outdoor and community-based programme, we are in a better position to help students:
Other related concepts
Sense of place/ Place attachment
Sense of place or Place attachment can be described as the collections of beliefs, values, feelings and symbols that a person may feel toward a particular place or locality.
Place responsive approach in Outdoor Education
Place responsive approach to Outdoor Education aims to provide outdoor experiences that connect student groups to a specific place, responding to its meanings, cultures, values, beliefs, symbols and issues through critical thinking.
