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John Clayton; Paul Griffin; Graham Mowl – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2024
In this paper we reflect on our experiences teaching human geography across two modules that pedagogically centre student reflexivity through content that has potential to be dis-comforting. Drawing upon student experiences on two final year option modules, relating to social and spatial exclusion and "race", ethnicity and multiculture,…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Human Geography, Learning Experience
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Marcus, Alan P. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2023
This essay will discuss an approach in the pedagogy of geography that engages students with the interpretation, imagination, and the complex understandings and dimensions of geographic thought. My goal here is to make the explicit connection between place experiences (autobiography) and place, sense of place, and geographic thought. I underline…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Place Based Education, Geography Instruction, Learning Experience
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Law, Matt; Corbin, Siôbhan; Wilkins, Matt; Harris, Victoria; Martin, Georgia; Lowe, Rew – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2021
Meaningful action on climate change requires affective engagement with the human impacts of the problem. The Last Hurrah (and The Long Haul) project was developed using theatrical storytelling as a tool to provoke thought and empathy about the lived experience of climate change. Over a period of 3 years, a company of Acting students and their…
Descriptors: Climate, Theater Arts, Story Telling, Geography Instruction
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O'Banion, Matthew S.; Lewis, Nicholas S.; Boyce, Michael W.; Laughlin, Jordan; Majkowicz, Deborah C. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2023
This experiment utilized advanced visualization technology for the delivery of an introductory remote sensing lesson in an undergraduate geography course. Given the numerous immersive visualization solutions available, it is now possible to leverage the capabilities of augmented, mixed, and virtual reality (AR, MR, and VR) technology in a…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Geography Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Visual Aids
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John H. Lowry; Cadey Korson – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2024
This article presents a study evaluating student perceptions of learning experiences creating ArcGIS StoryMaps. The Taxonomy of Educational Objectives ("Bloom's Taxonomy") provides a framework for organising, analysing, and interpreting a survey completed by 154 students from high school to postgraduate. Using a mix of quantitative and…
Descriptors: High School Students, Undergraduate Students, Geography Instruction, Maps
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Lundmark, Anders Mattias; Augland, Lars Eivind; Jørgensen, Simen Varkøy – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2020
Third year geoscience students were introduced to digital tools for fieldwork, Fieldmove on iPads, in a capstone field mapping course at Oslo University, Norway. Despite little prior experience with digital tools for fieldwork, they became independent Fieldmove users in a few hours. They self-report positive cognitive impacts, including positive…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Teamwork, Foreign Countries, Maps
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Bryson, John R.; Andres, Lauren – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic closed university campuses forcing rapid improvisation and adoption of online teaching. This paper explores the experience of converting three modules from proximate to online learning delivery in March and May 2020. This process was facilitated by reflective practice to support a process of improvisation as a buffering…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Online Courses
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McPhee, Siobhán; Pickren, Graham – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2017
While the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) continues to transform learning, international migration and the increasing complexity of intercultural exchange and communication continue to do so as well. In this paper, we connect the dots and ask how ICTs can be used to enhance the learning experiences of international…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Foreign Students, Multiple Literacies, Learning Experience
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Mercier, O. Ripeka; Rata, Arama – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2017
The "Te Kawa a Maui Atlas" project explores how mapping activities support undergraduate student engagement and learning in Maori studies. This article describes two specific assignments, which used online mapping allowing students to engage with the work of their peers. By analysing student evaluations of these activities, we identify…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Geographic Information Systems, Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement
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Joyce, Karen E.; Boitshwarelo, Bopelo; Phinn, Stuart R.; Hill, Greg J. E.; Kelly, Gail D. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2014
The rapid growth in Information and Communications Technologies usage in higher education has provided immense opportunities to foster effective student learning experiences in geography. In particular, remote sensing lends itself to the creative utilization of multimedia technologies. This paper presents a case study of a remote sensing computer…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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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
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Conway-Gomez, Kristen; Williams, Nikki; Atkinson-Palombo, Carol; Ahlqvist, Ola; Kim, Eje; Morgan, Miranda – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2011
We define synergy, explain its importance within the context of rapidly changing academia, and provide examples of how geographic educators have used creative instructional approaches to create synergies. Both the content of geography and some of the instructional approaches used by geographic educators support the discipline's ability to deliver…
Descriptors: Geography, Transformative Learning, Teaching Methods, Creative Teaching
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Srivastava, Sanjeev Kumar; Tait, Cynthia – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2012
This study presents the effect of active learning methods of concepts in geographical information systems where students participated in a series of interlocked learning experiences. These activities spanned several teaching weeks and involved the creation of a hand drawn map that was scanned and geo-referenced with locations' coordinates derived…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Feedback (Response), Data Analysis
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Speake, Janet – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2015
This article explores some of the synergetic relationships between research and teaching which can help shape geography undergraduate students' understandings of research. Through the experience of investigating students' attitudes towards, and engagement with, satellite navigation technologies, it considers ways in which learning can be achieved…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Navigation, Geographic Information Systems, Student Attitudes
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McEwen, Lindsey – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2013
There is strong evidence that all students can gain significant learning benefit when their courses include opportunities for engagement with real-world problems, beyond the walls of their higher education institution (HEI). Internationally, cross-disciplinary discussions are increasing around the value of student learning that involves community…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Community Involvement, Citizenship, Learning Experience
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