Education in the 21st century.

Reflection #1. Place-based learning in the 21st century: unpacking a curriculum for outdoor, informal learning spaces. Teaching in different sectors over the years, has taken me to many places. The different teaching methods, learning, curricula, students and staff whom I have met, made me ponder about where place-based learning fitted in, as this was new terminology to me. No wonder, Penetito (2009) claims that New Zealand is not very familiar with place-based learning. There are questions that come to mind: where and when does place-based learning happen and who is involved? Since 1988 families in San Francisco have gathered at children’s public gardens at the beginning of spring to use story-telling in order to educate their children, not just about seasonal traditions but also about cultural diversity (Bowles, 1995). Story-telling added an amazing fun element to children’s learning and Bowles (1995) explains that children continued to revisit public gardens for more activiti