{"product_id":"the-learning-landscape-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\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15 April 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePage count:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Height 229 mm; Width 152 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9783034351782\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Alvera McMillan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50250822713594,"sku":"9783034351782","price":24.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/9783034351782.jpg?v=1788830670","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-learning-landscape-9783034351782","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}