{"product_id":"the-learning-landscape-alvera-mcmillan-9783034351782","title":"The Learning Landscape: Adolescent Literacy Reimagined Through Place-Based Explorations","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe sciences of literacy and place-based education have historically been on two separate tracks. In \u003ci\u003eThe Learning Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e, Alvera McMillan persuasively brings them together. Working with \"challenged readers,\" she demonstrates that place-based approaches to literacy are more engaging for students and lead to increased academic success.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e-David Sobel, Professor Emeritus Antioch University, New England\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMcMillan reminds educators and others how adolescent learning can reflect \"meaning, value, and joy.\" This book is a celebration of the exceptional ways she intersected literacy, nature place-based learning, and community into an interdisciplinary pedagogy. Her framework is powerful. Like McMillan, every educator should consciously seek students' strengths while building their capacity as learners within a community context.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e-Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, PhD Cecil \"Pete\" Taylor Endowed Professor, Louisiana State University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen students' lived experiences, local ecosystems, and community knowledge are integrated into the learning landscape, education becomes a force for resilience in rural communities. As public schools grapple with academic pressures alongside growing concerns about student well-being, rural communities face persistent economic and environmental challenges. This book examines a natureinfused, asset-based approach to adolescent literacy learning as a strategy for sustaining people, places, and communities during periods of disruption and uncertainty. Blending storytelling with an actionable instructional framework, it o ers educators, researchers, and community partners guidance for designing interdisciplinary, nature place-based learning experiences that position young people as active contributors to their communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alvera McMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 303435178X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783034351782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Alvera McMillan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623679078655,"sku":"9783034351782","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-learning-landscape-alvera-mcmillan-9783034351782","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}