Experiential Learning in Geography: Experience, Evaluation and Encounters

ISBN-13: 9783030820862 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 220 str.

Jonathan E. Wessell

Spis treści

Part I INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES

1 Learning Geography in the Andes: Reflections on Teaching an Undergraduate Field Study Course in Peru Erika N. Trigoso Rubio

2 For Peat’s Sake: An Experiential Environmental Study Abroad Trip to Scotland Adrienne Cassel and Jacqueline Housel

3 Experiential Learning in Nairobi, Kenya Ellen R. Hansen

4 Study Abroad in an Embedded Online Geography Class for Adult Working Professionals Beth King and Fritz Kessler 

5 Encountering emotions during international fieldwork: using innovative pedagogies to develop emotional intelligence and resilience Alan Marvell & David Simm

6 Experiencing Iceland: Immersive professional development to build geography teaching capacity Ellen J. Foster, Dawna Cerney, Lynn Moorman, Niccole Villa Cerveny, and Dianna Gielstra

Part II DOMESTIC EXPERIENCES

7 Experiential Learning in Geography Teacher Education: Encountering Geography in the Immediate Environment Susan Pike

8 The Isle of Rum, Scotland: a physical geography fieldtrip for second year undergraduates studying outdoor environment, education and/or leadership. Mansfield L

9 Service-learning and Geospatial skills: What do the students think? Lisa Tabor

10 Intercultural Experiential Learning: integrated geography field  courses for undergraduates in Arts and Humanities in Spain Andrea M. Arboleya and Benjamín González-Díaz 

11 Encounters in Geography Field-based Teaching and Learning: Wales Dr Eifiona Thomas Lane, Rebecca Jones, Dr Will Andrews

12 Learning at Disney: Myth or Magic? Lorri K. Krebs

13 Digital Storytelling as Community-Based Intercultural Learning  in Cultural/Historical Geography Dr. David J. Marshall

O autorze

Jonathan Wessell is a geography educator with a focus on geography education. He has served as the Vice-chair and Chair of the Geography Education Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) for several years. His research and focus has been and is on Experiential Learning. Jon has worked closely with his colleagues to disseminate current research and experiences through panels and paper sessions at the AAG annual meetings.

Blurb

This book provides insight into the importance and impacts that experiential learning has in geographic education by examining the experience, the methods of evaluation, and the encounters that students have shared about their experiences. It allows the reader to gain insight into what it really takes to prepare and lead students in such experiences both domestically and internationally. The book can be used as a guide to planning, but also demonstrates the use of experiential learning theory throughout these experiences and especially the importance of reflection by the students on what they are experiencing. The book is beneficial to students and faculty alike that are studying geography education.