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Direct linkHolton, Mark – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2017
This research, conducted with groups of undergraduate students before and after a European fieldwork exercise, critically examines the pedagogic value of fieldwork and its ability to provide students with transferable skills. This is achieved using Anderson and Erskine's lens of tropophilia--the aesthetic connection between people and place--to…
Descriptors: Geography, Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Affective Behavior
Kim, Minsung – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2018
The paper investigates the effects of a project-based community participation course in which students chose research topics relevant to a local community. Specifically, the students undertook the following projects: (1) creating a virtual 3D model of a local government office, (2) creating interactive digitized versions of mountain trails using…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Action Research, Participatory Research
Fuller, Ian C.; France, Derek – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2015
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of incorporating digital video into a traditional Cook's Tour as part of a 7-day road trip around the east coast of New Zealand's North Island over a 4-year period. Student-generated video diaries summarized landscape features and processes at fieldsites, empowering students through active learning and small…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Field Trips, Video Technology, Diaries
Golightly, Aubrey – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2018
Problem-based learning can be implemented in South African geography teacher education to foster geography students' self-directed learning skills. The purpose of this longitudinal case study was to determine B.Ed. geography students' (n = 45) perceptions of their self-directedness in learning in integrated problem-based learning experiences over…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Integrated Activities, Influences
Huang, Kuo-Hung – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2011
In recent years, professional practice has been an issue of concern in higher education. The purpose of this study is to design students' projects to facilitate collaborative learning in authentic contexts. Ten students majoring in Management Information Systems conducted fieldwork with spatial technologies to collect data and provided information…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Management Information Systems, Community Programs
Mavroudi, Elizabeth; Jons, Heike – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2011
This paper critically reviews the use of video documentaries in the assessment of human geography field courses. It aims to contribute to recent debates about the role of visual methods for developing active and deep learning in student-centred teaching. Based on four days of group work in Crete, 30 third-year students produced individual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Human Geography, Documentaries
