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Czigány, Szabolcs; Császár, Zsuzsa; Kiss, Kinga; Halmai, Ákos; Lóczy, Dénes; Nagyváradi, László; Pirkhoffer, Ervin – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2018
Remodeling of geography education has been an ongoing challenge recently. Constructivist pedagogy, employing tools of problem and model-based learning, offers new opportunities to meet these challenges. Geomodels, flumes and stream tables may ease the understanding of geographic processes through hand-on-experience for students. With a…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Problem Based Learning, Models, Constructivism (Learning)
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Ratinen, Ilkka; Keinonen, Tuula – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2011
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are adequate for analyzing complex scientific and spatial phenomena in geography education. "Google Earth" is a geographic information tool for GIS-based learning. It allows students to engage in the lesson, explore the Earth, explain what they identify and evaluate the implications of what they are…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Geography Instruction, Problem Based Learning, Geology
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Kwan, Tammy; So, Max – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2008
This study investigated the environmental learning of a group of senior geography students through a problem-based learning (PBL) field programme to see if the goals of education "for" the environment could be accomplished. In the PBL field programme, the students were given a problem statement concerning a real-life scenario of an old…
Descriptors: Action Research, Research Methodology, Educational Objectives, Problem Based Learning