In Reading and Writing Place: Connecting Rural Schools and Communities Erika L. Bass and Amy Price Azano suggest there is a need to add nuance to the ways we consider and engage with place in the classroom. Using a narrative writing project completed with two rural schools in two states, the authors provide an explanation of critical placed education and how students' explorations of place through writing led the authors to develop a concept of place (Big "P" and small "p" place). Students' explorations of place highlighted the how internalizations and externalizations of place impact identity formation and sense of belonging.

About the Author

Erika L. Bass is assistant professor of English Education at the University of Northern Iowa.

Amy Price Azano, is a professor of rural education and adolescent literacy and director of the Virginia Tech Center for Rural Education.

Reviews

Where are you from? The potential of education is limited when it fails to account for the P-Places/ p-places in which teaching and learning occur. This accessible and thought-provoking book translates research to practice in a way that is deeply respectful of teachers' expertise, while at the same time not shying away from the research on which its ideas are based. The authors guide readers through a critical placed writing unit for rural high school students while also anchoring the classroom components with clear explanations of rural placed identities and why they matter. Grounded by real and inspiring student writing, in this book teachers will find a guide for re-thinking the potential of place, from a way to make content more relevant to place as the focus of learning. Reading and Writing Place: Connecting Rural Schools and Communities book is essential reading for every English/Language Arts teacher.

-- Karen Eppley, The Pennsylvania State University



Book Information
ISBN 9781793638359
Author Erika L. Bass
Format Hardback
Page Count 160
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Lexington Books
Weight(grams) 413g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 158mm * 20mm