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UK Programmes for HE Physical Geography
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Gregory, Kenneth J.; Lewin, John – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2020
Competing influences and pressures on areas of HE and the content of new AL syllabi suggest a need for curriculum reconsideration. We analyse, from institutional website data, the present provision of physical geography in 77 UK institutions providing undergraduate learning in geography. The extent of compulsory modules gives an indication of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Geography Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Web Sites
The Corporeal Marker Project (CMP): Teaching about Bodily Difference, Identity and Place through Experience
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Fluri, Jennifer L.; Trauger, Amy – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2011
In response to recent articles and ideas for experiential learning activities in human geography, this paper outlines a particular approach to learning about the body, difference, mobility and geographic space through experience. The Corporeal Marker Project designed and implemented by the authors provides a spatial experience of difference for…
Descriptors: Human Geography, Experiential Learning, Teaching Methods, Human Body
Creating Regional Futures: A Scenario-Based Inter- and Transdisciplinary Case Study as a Model for Applied Student-Centred Learning in Geography
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Fromhold-Eisebith, Martina; Freyer, Bernhard; Mose, Ingo; Muhar, Andreas; Vilsmaier, Ulli – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2009
Human geography students face changing qualification requirements due to a shift towards new topics, educational tasks and professional options regarding issues of spatial development. This "practical turn" raises the importance of inter- and transdisciplinary work, management and capability building skills, with case study projects and…
Descriptors: Human Geography, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Interdisciplinary Approach
Role Playing, Decision Making and Perception of Place: the Use of Discussion Groups for an Introductory Cultural Geography Course.
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Knight, David B. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1979
Recounts how to use discussion groups to reinforce and expand upon lectures and how to link successive weekly topics by using thematic and role playing methods and a single theme. Theme used is perceptions of place and their ramifications in a decision making process. Journal availability: see SO 507 262. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Decision Making, Discussion Groups, Geography Instruction
Mastery Learning: a Case Study and Implications for Instruction.
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Backler, Alan – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1979
Explains how the audio-tutorial mastery learning system is applied to an introductory course in human geography. Describes the mastery learning procedures of self-pacing, explicitly stated objectives, and diagnostic tests. Considers possibilities of using procedures in more traditional instruction. Journal availability: see SO 507 262. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Course Objectives, Diagnostic Tests, Geography Instruction
Curriculum Development and Society: West German Geographers Respond to the American High School Geography Project.
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Geipel, Robert – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1979
Compares emphases of the American High School Geography Project with the West German curriculum development project. Notes the German project's stronger relationship to social issues and political education. Concludes that the German geography project has lost momentum, but that the ideas have reached most teachers. Journal availability: see SO…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries