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DeAnna L. Gore – Geography Teacher, 2025
This lesson plan will illustrate how Taiwan can be used as a case study in an undergraduate human geography, population geography, or demography course. Incorporating Taiwan within the curriculum can equip students with a deep understanding of demographic concepts, specifically as it relates to the demographic trends in Taiwan. Through in-depth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Demography, Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Jongwon Lee; Tereza Cimová; Ellen J. Foster; Derek France; Lenka Krajnáková; Lynn Moorman; Sonja Rewhorn; Jiaqi Zhang – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2025
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) represents a major leap forward in AI technology, offering the potential to reshape education in various aspects. This paper explores the transformative potential of GenAI in geography education, focusing on its impacts across curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, and fieldwork, through the lens of the…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Man Machine Systems, Natural Language Processing, Geography
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José Falcão Sobrinho – Journal of Education and Learning, 2025
This article addresses the teaching of Geography from the perspective of field classes in a theoretical methodological approach to be applied in traditional communities. Here, field classes are considered an active methodology that enhances students' understanding of reality, involving local knowledge. The ethnoknowledge of traditional communities…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Field Studies
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Esther Vernon; Alison Dunphy – Curriculum Journal, 2025
This paper discusses the application of Karl Maton's notion of 'semantic waves' to the teaching of geography at the post-16 phase (A-level) in England. Drawing on evidence generated through a 2-year close-to-practice case study, it illustrates its potential as a scaffold in two ways. Firstly, one that can help teachers face both ways: Towards…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Semantics
Brent Allison – Geography Teacher, 2025
Though overshadowed by their Japanese counterpart, Taiwan's and South Korea's comics industries produce illustrated tales that represent and speak back to their host cultures, even when employing common Japanese manga conventions. As Japanese manga is popular with North American youth, Taiwanese and South Korean comics present a potential…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cartoons, Cultural Influences, Cultural Background
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Elizabeth A. C. Rushton – Journal of Moral Education, 2025
Persistent youth advocacy for climate action worldwide, and recent policy activity in England, UK focused on climate change and sustainability education (CCSE), provide the context for this study. Drawing on reflections and insights predominantly gathered whilst working as a geography teacher and geography teacher educator in both England and…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Climate, Teacher Educators, Geography Instruction
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Shu Jun Lee; Jeana Kriewaldt – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2025
Despite global interest in inquiry as a teaching and learning approach for school geography, little is known about teachers' knowledge and beliefs for teaching geography through inquiry. This paper reports on findings from a survey of 44 Victorian secondary teachers' knowledge, beliefs and practice of teaching geography through inquiry. Our…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Geography Instruction, Inquiry
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Di Wilmot; Sarah Witham Bednarz; Munazza Fatima; Alfonso Garcia de la Vega; Regula Grob; Johanna Mäsgen; Sophie Wilson – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2025
This paper critically reflects on how transformative learning (TL) is described both conceptually and as a process in the literature in different fields and national contexts. We articulate a definition of TL and justify why geography education is an ideal vehicle for enabling it. This is followed by a series of case studies explaining how TL can…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Transformative Learning, Climate, Cross Cultural Studies
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Yannick Noah Layer – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2025
In recent years, the field of geography in higher education has increasingly embraced the integration of visual and audio-visual methods as it enables enhanced understanding, multimodal learning, and geospatial literacy. Therefore, there is ample opportunity to incorporate new techniques from various disciplines to improve modern education for…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Job Skills, Skill Development
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Mark W. Patterson; Teresa P. Raczek – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2025
To improve student outcomes in four-credit asynchronous online physical geography classes that included a lab component, we employed three different experimental techniques in spring 2022. Fifteen faculty who collectively taught 24 sections of Introduction to Landforms or Weather and Climate modified one element of their course to foster improved…
Descriptors: Physical Geography, Online Courses, Laboratory Experiments, Instructional Effectiveness
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Štefan Karolcík; Michaela Marková – Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning, 2025
Purpose: This research study explores the perceptions of the importance and meaning of innovation in education by qualified teachers. The authors deliberately selected geography teachers for the research because the extraordinary dynamics of changes and innovations the teacher has to deal with are significantly reflected, particularly in geography…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Educational Innovation, Geography Instruction, Instructional Innovation
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Paul D. Witman; Jim Prior; Tracy Nickl; Christopher Njunge; Stephen Ng’etich; Ayla Chaudhry – Information Systems Education Journal, 2025
Technological tools continue to permeate modern life, to the extent that they can supplant previously fundamental skills. Maps and route-finding are no exception. This complex function, driven by huge volumes of data, makes modern transportation easier, more resilient, and at the same time riskier and more dependent on a sometimes-opaque…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Geographic Information Systems, Geographic Location
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William Smolander; Raine Aiava – Journal of Social Science Education, 2025
Purpose: Our research unpacks transformative learning through learning-with the city and the agency of encounters. We exemplify how post-human education methodologies can make students sensitive to rhythms beyond their own, helping them to get to know Earth as more than a backdrop for human activity. Approach: Walking the historical shoreline of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transformative Learning, Social Sciences, Computer Simulation
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Zahra Sadat Roozafzai; Parisa Zaeri – International Online Journal of Primary Education, 2025
Earth science concepts can be challenging for children to grasp due to their abstract nature. This study explores the potential of 3D computer animation as an engaging and effective medium to communicate various earth science processes to young learners. By creating age-appropriate, scientifically accurate visualizations of geological features and…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Scientific Concepts, Comprehension, Animation