Table 5

Place-based pedagogic practices

Ways of teaching placeExplanation
EmbracingEngages students towards recognising the emotional, cultural and historical significance of place and building awareness
Re-imaginingEngages students towards sensing new possibilities in the local context, effectuating resources and building creativity
EmplacingSupports students towards anchoring learning in local reality
EnvisioningSupports students towards envisioning sustainable futures through a connection and understanding of place
RejectingChallenges students towards questioning accepted realities and inherited assumptions embedded in place
TransformingSupports and challenges students to challenge the status quo and to enact the challenge into an action plan
Source(s): Table above: Adapted from Kearney et al. (2025) [submitted for publication])

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