America's Largest Classroom

" America's Largest Classroom is a masterfully crafted assembly of case studies reflecting the purposes, passions, and impacts of place-based education in our national parks. Written by the very best practitioners, this book offers rich and diverse illustrations of powerful and enduring educational experiences designed to open the eyes, ears, and hearts of the young people who will steward our planet."--Daniel Beaupré, Vice President of Experiences, Education Division, National Geographic Society "For over a century, the national parks have held a special place in the American imagination. The parks have helped us to appreciate our common past, and have allowed us to celebrate the inspiring landscapes of our country. America's Largest Classroom offers a new way of thinking about the national parks as laboratories for learning. This impressive collection includes stories from places as diverse as the Great Smoky Mountains to Grand Teton National Park, and illustrates how these places can serve as teaching tools for topics that range from climate change to environmental justice, hydrology, and more. America's Largest Classroom belongs on the shelf of all educators who value place-based learning, and is a must-read for anyone who loves America's national parks."--Sarah Mittlefehldt, author of Tangled Roots: The Appalachian Trail and American Environmental Politics " America's Largest Classrooms crisscrosses the landscape of education, offering important insights into place-based education, economics, and partnerships among seemingly unlikely actors, science, and history."--Victoria Gillis, Retired Endowed Chair of Adolescent Literacy Education at the University of Wyoming "With historical nuance and a great breadth of research methods, this volume brings excellent scholarship to the important but otherwise neglected matter of our national parks as sites of learning."--David Sobel, Professor Emeritus, Education Department, Antioch University New England