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Sziarto, Kristin M.; McCarthy, Linda; Padilla, Nicholas L. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2014
Using a stakeholder debate based on a real-world case of regional construction--that of Turkey's application to join the European Union--improved students' critical thinking in an introductory world regional geography course. Such courses are a staple offering among US geography departments, and often the only exposure of non-majors to geographic…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Geography Instruction, World Geography, Reflection
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Fouberg, Erin H. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2013
Through qualitative analysis of 80 student essays, the author examines geographic concepts students describe as holding traits of threshold concepts. With a group of 11 Honors students, the author employs metacogntion, asking students to analyze their own learning to discover their threshold concepts. Recognizing the role of liminality, this study…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, World Geography, Essays, Qualitative Research