Lisa Wt Christian, Molly Brawdy, Ethan Wohlgemuth, Natalie Hutchings, Marlee M Spafford
Teaching cultural safety principles: optometry student perceptions
Clinical & experimental optometry
one primary strengths placebased education adapt unique characteristics particular places way help overcome disjuncture school childrens lives found many classrooms mr smith points last summer spent morning eight nine high school students members upward bound program based clatsop community college astoria oregon students working neawanna estuary seaside 22 miles south efforts students contributed much data used successfully funded urban renewal grant proposal aimed transforming set abandoned mill ponds park nature center job upward bound students preceding weeks tag locate global positioning technology woody debris makes good salmon habitat students seaside schools mapping habitat birds wildlife similar fashion information would channeled groups responsible determining land could best developed support wildlife populations provide local residents tourists deeper understanding takes preserve restore healthy ecosystems morning overcast cool enough warrant care clambered canoes work wet clothes would dry quickly cloud cover another challenge losing kneelength rubber wellingtons deep mud along rivers banks debris everywhere threeperson teams canoe divided different stretches river map pulling next log stretched water one person would nail wood bar code affixed plastic rectangle cut food container second person would determine precise coordinates third dry hands would record bar code coordinates brief description debris data sheet would paddle next log collection branches work glamorous us mudspeckled time broke lunch still students agreed beat sitting classroom listening lecture enjoyed outdoors working teachers acted like partners supervisors liked fun negotiating riffles water together pleased something clearly useful seeing data transformed maps impressive one young woman observed recently watched tv show japanese education learned students much skilled mathematics given many opportunities apply school learning reallife situations believed work neawanna similar reason experiences could made available students morning young people provides example educational approach encountered growing number american schools called placebased education aim ground learning local phenomena students lived experience although human learning occurred within context specific locales invention proliferation schools changed schools especially early elementary grades teachers direct childrens attention away circumstances ways knowing toward knowledge places developed strangers likely never meet learning becomes something gained reading texts listening lectures viewing videos rather experiencing fullbodied encounters world although educators often quick say schools much real world place else truth judgment happens classrooms qualitatively different happens elsewhere