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Direct linkBoncukçu, Gökçe; Gök, Gülsüm – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2023
A problem-based learning activity focusing on the human impact on the environment and the importance of sustainable development is presented. The activity revolves around a mysterious island where the civilization is on the blink of extinction, prompting students to investigate how human behavior, ecosystems, resources, and natural balance…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Sustainability, Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education
Download full textMangione, Katherine A.; Harmon, Shannon E. – International Journal of the Whole Child, 2022
Problem-Based Learning (or PBL) is a teaching style that pairs beautifully with science and social studies. PBL allows students to drive their learning, providing autonomy to choose topics or issues that interest them. It scaffolds the development of desirable 21st century skills: collaboration, critical thinking, communication, creativity,…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students
Editorial Projects in Education, 2025
Problem-based learning (PBL) offers a powerful approach to engage students in meaningful learning experiences by connecting classroom content to real-world challenges. This Spotlight explores how PBL can be implemented across K-12 to foster critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. From preparing students for the workforce…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Learning Experience, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
Quelhas, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves; Lima, Gilson Brito Alves; Ludolf, Nicholas Van-Erven; Meiriño, Marcelo Jasmim; Abreu, Chrystyane; Anholon, Rosley; Vieira Neto, Julio; Rodrigues, Leandro Silva Goulart – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2019
Purpose: This paper aims to deal with the skills for sustainable development in engineering courses. The main objective is to identify which competences should be developed in these courses to contribute to the resolution of conflicts related to sustainability, as well as the means used by universities for their development.…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Sustainability, Competency Based Education, Specialists
Davidson, Julie; Prahalad, Vishnu; Harwood, Andrew – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2021
There are increasing pressures within the higher education sector to incorporate digital pedagogies into teaching and learning, a trend amplified by recent extensive recourse to online delivery within the sector. This trend carries with it both opportunities and challenges in effectively fostering those graduate competences that a converging…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Problem Based Learning, Experiential Learning
Yli-Panula, Eija; Jeronen, Eila; Lemmetty, Piia – Education Sciences, 2020
Understanding and learning geographic knowledge and applying it to sustainable development (SD) depends not only on the knowledge itself, but also on how it is taught and studied. The teaching and learning methods for promoting sustainability in geography have not been thoroughly studied. This qualitative study examined articles on geography…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Sustainable Development, Thinking Skills
McBroom, Matthew; Bullard, Steven; Kulhavy, David; Unger, Daniel – International Journal of Higher Education, 2015
Forestry and environmental science students enrolled in a one credit hour freshman seminar course participated in a land management evaluation and water quality sampling excursion using canoes and water sampling equipment. The purpose of this assessment was to engage students with hands-on, field based education in order to foster connections to…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Forestry, Natural Resources, First Year Seminars
Shealer, Ron; Shealer, Michelle – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2014
This article describes a cooperative project between eighth graders and first graders called "Going Green in the Neighborhood." The project entailed the first grade students sketching home designs on paper to make a model community, and the eighth grade students taking those drawings and making them into 3D computer models and then…
Descriptors: Design, Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Grade 1
Spector, J. Michael – 1999
There is an obvious growth in the use of distributed and online learning environments. There is some evidence to believe that collaborative learning environments can be effective, especially when using advanced technology to support learning in and about complex domains. There is also an extensive body of research literature in the areas of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Distance Education, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedGist, Ginger L. – Journal of Environmental Health, 1992
Describes problem-based learning (PBL) as an alternative to internships in Environmental Health Education. Discusses teaching strategies, case study problem set development, and evaluation techniques applicable to PBL. Presents an overview of small group structures for cooperative learning, a list of learning resources, and a flow chart indicating…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Cognitive Mapping, Concept Teaching, Cooperative Learning
Phipps, Maurice, Ed.; Hayashi, Aya, Ed. – Online Submission, 2005
This document presents the proceedings of the Wilderness Education Association's 2005 National Conference on Outdoor Leadership. Following a brief history of the Wilderness Education Association (WEA), 21 conference papers are presented. Topics of the conference papers include: wilderness education curriculum, programs, history, environmental…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Adjustment (to Environment), Navigation, Anxiety
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers
