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Current practices in place-based pedagogy endorse obtaining an ecological literacy (Orr, 1992). In doing so, it is assumed that students acquire and relate to a vast amount of ecological knowledge by equal means. In reality, students create meaning in different ways. Therefore, a student's degree to which he/she may obtain this ecological literacy depend upon his/her engagement with one or many constructions (occurrences) of a place, and capacity for engagement (intensities) with place. This article posits that there are several occurrences (Orientation, Perspective, & Interaction) and intensities (Active, Passive & Dis-associative) of place, that ...
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