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Daniel Gutiérrez-Ujaque; Monica Montserrat Degen – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed an alarming chasm between traditional higher education pedagogies and the lived experiences of students, posing new challenges to educators worldwide . Addressing this, our study proposes a curricular paradigm shift that foregrounds sensory and embodied learning. Influenced by a Critical Pedagogy of Place…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Teaching Styles, Sensory Experience, Educational Environment
Giannangelo, Duane M.; And Others – 1981
This report describes a project designed to develop geography based activities that could be used to supplement an ongoing social studies program. The purpose was to help secondary social studies teachers in the Memphis, Tennessee area develop geography based activities dealing with concepts of urban spatiality. The project staff organized and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Geographic Concepts, Geography Instruction, Learning Activities
Dunne, Robert J. – 1984
The introduction of nontraditional teaching techniques into a solid framework of traditional teaching can greatly increase student motivation and attention. Nontraditional methods involve students as dynamic actors in the educational process in three ways: by increasing student motivation, maximizing the level of subtlety or detail achieved, and…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
Bogatz, Gerry; Kurfman, Dana – 1966
Intended to follow an introductory unit, this revised unit is one of several being prepared as part of a geography course based on a settlement theme provisionally planned for tenth grade students and requiring approximately four weeks. An extensive tryout conducted in 1965 in four areas of California, Illinois, Ohio, and New Jersey involved 47…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Concept Teaching, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development
Martin, George C., Ed.; Wheeler, Keith, Ed. – 1975
Seventeen articles about environmental education teaching in Britain are contained in this publication. Several case studies describe interdisciplinary approaches which are potential growing points for curriculum development. The book is arranged in three sections. After defining environmental education, the first section reviews objectives for…
Descriptors: Architecture, Case Studies, Community Study, Comparative Education
Cvijanovic, Serge; Spero, Galila – 1976
The environmental education unit is intended for use by elementary school classroom teachers as they develop and implement programs to help students become visually aware of street environments. The teacher's guide is presented in two major sections. Section I consists primarily of reading and observing exercises. Lessons are entitled "What…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Architectural Education, Building Design, Concept Formation