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Direct linkRivera, Julio; Groleau, Tom – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2021
In this paper, the dissolution of the silos between geography and business faculty to form a teaching partnership with a common set of questions and goals and how that partnership changed their academic perspectives will be explored. Faculty deepened the challenges for students, re-thought pedagogical models, and re-thought grading and evaluation.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Geography Instruction, Business Administration Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Morrissey, John; Clavin, Alma; Reilly, Kathy – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2013
In 2009, Geography at National University of Ireland, Galway, launched a new taught master's programme, the MA in Environment, Society and Development. The vision for the programme was to engage students in the analysis and critique of the array of interventionary practices of development and securitization in our contemporary world. A range of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Field Instruction, Case Studies, Geography
Dittmer, Jason – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2010
This paper addresses the potential for increased deployment of immersive virtual worlds in higher geographic education. An account of current practice regarding popular culture in the geography classroom is offered, focusing on the objectification of popular culture rather than its constitutive role vis-a-vis place. Current e-learning practice is…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Electronic Learning, Geography Instruction, Constructivism (Learning)
King, Elizabeth – Journal of Geography, 2008
This research examines the effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) in an online geographic information systems (GIS) course for adult learners. Adults expect to take greater control of their learning and tend to be self-directed. Students are encouraged to take an active role as problem-solvers in PBL courses. The effectiveness of PBL in…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Adult Education, Problem Based Learning, Adult Learning
Folkard, Andrew M. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2004
Results are presented of a series of focus-group sessions held at Lancaster University during May 2002. Participants consisted of 12 undergraduate geography students chosen from amongst those identified as having strong antipathy towards quantitative material. The intention was to mine these students' perspectives on courses covering quantitative…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Geography, Problem Based Learning, Geography Instruction
Treby, Emma; Hewitt, Iain; Shah, Anita – Teaching in Higher Education, 2006
In responding to The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (SENDA [now the Disability and Discrimination Act, Part 4]), UK universities have made significant efforts to address issues of access and inclusivity via structural changes to campus environments and developments in student support. However, little attention has been given to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Needs, Problem Based Learning, Geography Instruction
