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The Atlas and the Purple Crayon: “Purple Mapping” and Place-Based Education in Geography Teacher-Training Studies and Practice

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    Desert accommodation complex located in Moshav Hatzeva.

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    The course includes four days of hiking in a rugged desert area in the eastern Negev. The author of this article is one of the three facilitators leading this workshop in the field.

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    Zin is an ephemeral stream located in the eastern Negev desert in one of the most popular hiking areas in Israel.

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    In correspondence, of course, with Lefebvre's ‘Right to the City’ (Lefebvre, 1996).

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Ben Israel, A. (2022). The Atlas and the Purple Crayon: “Purple Mapping” and Place-Based Education in Geography Teacher-Training Studies and Practice. In: Artvinli, E., Gryl, I., Lee, J., Mitchell, J.T. (eds) Geography Teacher Education and Professionalization. International Perspectives on Geographical Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04891-3_13

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