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Hadrian-Vasile Contiu; Andreea Contiu – Romanian Review of Geographical Education, 2024
This study highlights the effectiveness of the observation sheet in directly analyzing urban facilities, identifying gaps, and assessing students' knowledge about urban space (the medieval city of Târgu Mure? and its surroundings), as well as the effects of direct observation on the elements identified by students within the urban space. The study…
Descriptors: Urban Environment, Observation, Adolescents, Grade 10
Varró, Krisztina; Van Gorp, Bouke – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2021
Research on the use(fulness) of student-led film has emphasized the benefits of combining fieldwork and the production of moving image in terms of active, deep and reflexive learning. This paper contributes to this literature by discussing how a video documentary assignment can (also) help fostering relational thinking -- a main objective of human…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Neighborhoods, Human Geography, Geography Instruction
Kulhavy, David L.; Unger, Daniel R.; Viegut, Reid; Hung, I-Kuai; Zhang, Yanli – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
CITYgreen Geographic Information Systems software was used to develop a campus wide cover type map for Stephen F. Austin State University in an environmental science landscape ecology course. The finding indicated an equal division of forest cover type compared to impervious surface of buildings and paved surface. Once the classification was…
Descriptors: Capstone Experiences, Environmental Education, Ecology, Conservation (Environment)
Marinell, William H. – Harvard Educational Review, 2008
In this Voices Inside Schools essay, William Marinell describes the efforts of a public school teacher to improve her students' writing by attempting to increase their connectivity to their community. By designing photojournalism projects that prompt students to capture their authentic experiences, the teacher hopes to challenge the students'…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Photojournalism, Writing Improvement, Public School Teachers

Hope, Wilbert W.; Johnson, Clyde; Johnson, Leon P. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2004
The differences in the levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), in the ambient air from the two urban locations, were studied by the undergraduate analytical chemistry students. Tetraglyme is very widely used due to its simplicity and its potential for use to investigate VOCs in ambient and indoor air employing a purge-and-trap concentrator…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Pollution, Undergraduate Students, Student Projects
Kilar, Jeremy W. – Community College Frontiers, 1979
Describes a course in urban American history offered at Delta College, Michigan which emphasizes experiential learning, field experiences in urban surroundings, group and individual student projects, and social and residential mobility and local history. (MB)
Descriptors: American History, Community Colleges, Course Descriptions, Courses
Richard, Don – Outdoor Communicator, 1983
During their environmental education year, 12-year-old students from Treverton Preparatory School (Natal, South Africa) learn all subjects in an environmental manner. The central theme streaming through the internationally recognized program is the Mooi River. A three-day camping trip and other outdoor activities are included. (MH)
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Field Trips, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Matthews, Hugh – Bulletin of Environmental Education, 1983
An experiment on children's perception of urban distance is described, focusing on the study's methodology and analyses. Suggests that the methodology/analyses could be used by sixth-formers providing a means by which sixth-formers can develop their own examinations of urban distance perception. (JN)
Descriptors: Age, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, Distance

Haddock, Kenneth C.; Mulvihill, James L. – Journal of Geography, 1981
Describes a college urban geography class project studying factors which determine the spacial distribution of the elderly in Baltimore, Maryland, and attributes of desirable housing sites for them. Students discussed problems and needs of the elderly, mapped their population distribution, and did field studies evaluating the adequacy of existing…
Descriptors: Cartography, Field Studies, Geography Instruction, Higher Education
Treib, Marc – Journal of Architectural Education, 1982
A Berkeley course's student project is the design and construction of a small-scale city, structured on a given plan, with the students themselves as clients. The focus is on balancing communal amenity against personal whim and gain. The project's purposes, process, and eventual discontinuance are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Architectural Education, Building Design, College Curriculum, Cooperation

Milton, Barbara; And Others – Journal of Environmental Education, 1995
Describes a pilot project of the Park/School Program which involved graduate students in environmental studies conducting field studies in ecology with 46 fifth graders. Provides an overview of the project's potential for effecting change inside and outside the classroom, and presents recommendations for future programs and research. (LZ)
Descriptors: Ecology, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Field Studies