How Does Place-Based education Influence Sense of Place, and Nature Attachment among elementary school students Seminar

This study focuses on the residents of two Bedouin settlements located on the banks of Hebron Stream. The study presented here relies on a place-based learning dynamic, that aims to promote environmental sustainability in the context of place and community. The purpose of this study is to identify the particular patterns and characteristics of learning in a natural, place-identity and nature attachment that includes social and cultural aspects.

Our study follows groups of fifth and sixth graders (n=200), from the nearby Bedouin settlements as they go through a two-year place-based learning program at Hebron Stream and its surroundings. The program’s goals are to acquaint the students with the area surrounding Hebron Stream and its natural elements, and to raise their awareness of its manmade environmental problems. Beyond this, the program also engages the students in active work and personal experience, aiming to promote creativity, encourage place identity and nature attachment, and hone observational skills.