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Catherine Waite – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2024
This article reflects on the author's experience of developing a standalone geographies of sport module that is taught using an active blended learning (ABL) approach. The article argues that an ABL pedagogy is an effective way of teaching meaningful sports geography to undergraduate students. It discusses how the approach allows a diverse range…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Blended Learning, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students
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Opoku, Foster – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2021
Although, a number of studies exists regarding students' experiences of Geography as a school subject, the gender differences in students' geographical knowledge and interests are rarely recognised. Drawing from the cognitive interest theory, and using a qualitative phenomenological design, this study explored the gender differences in the…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Geographic Concepts
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Sharp, Emma L.; Fagan, Joseph; Kah, Melanie; McEntee, Marie; Salmond, Jennifer – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2021
"Wicked problems" are complex to understand and challenging to teach. Our experience of teaching about environmental concerns in Aotearoa New Zealand suggests how these concepts are taught is more important for student learning than the nature of wicked problems themselves. By offering opportunities for students to co-develop their own…
Descriptors: World Problems, Concept Teaching, Environmental Education, Geography Instruction