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Download full textDatta, Ranjan – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2016
This paper explores how to practice posthumanism in everyday life. This idea has increasingly come under scrutiny by posthumanist theorists, who are addressing fundamental ontological and epistemological questions in regard to defining an essential "human," as well as the elastic boundary work between the human and nonhuman subject.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Humanism, Environmental Education, Indigenous Populations
Chatterjea, Kalyani – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2012
Fieldwork is an essential component in Geography education. Learning through research in Geography involves generating substantial data and data manipulation. In order to make geographical inquiry a worthwhile learning experience, researchers require a seamless system that allows data collection and analysis without being distracted by the…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Geography Instruction, Field Studies
Direct linkWilson, E. R.; Leslie, A. D. – Journal of Biological Education, 2008
In this paper we present a field-based practical exercise that allows students in forestry, ecology and natural resources to develop their understanding of forest stand dynamics. The exercise involves measurement of key tree growth parameters in four even-aged, single-species plantation stands of different age but occupying sites with similar soil…
Descriptors: Class Size, Older Adults, Ecology, Forestry
Pearce, Andrea R.; Bierman, Paul R.; Druschel, Gregory K.; Massey, Christine; Rizzo, Donna M.; Watzin, Mary C.; Wemple, Beverly C. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2010
At the University of Vermont, an interdisciplinary faculty team developed an introductory watershed science field course. This course honed field skills and catalyzed communication across water-related disciplines without requiring specific prerequisites. Five faculty (geology, engineering, geography, natural resources) taught the four-credit…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Interdisciplinary Approach, Curriculum Development, Geology
Ollervides, F.; Farrell, T. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present The School for Field Studies-Center for Coastal Studies (SFS-CCS) as a success story in sustainable development education. This success is based on a unique academic model, which incorporates sustainable development opportunities and challenges faced by the local community into the program…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Water Quality, Field Studies, Ecology
Maconachie, Roy; Binns, Tony – Journal of Rural Studies, 2007
Sierra Leone is currently emerging from a brutal civil war that lasted most of the 1990s, and now has the dubious distinction of being ranked among the world's poorest countries. As thousands of displaced people move back to their villages, a large proportion of the predominantly farm-based rural population are growing food crops for the first…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Population, War, Rural Development
