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Enya G. Chitty; Patrick A. Hesp – Natural Sciences Education, 2024
Field studies are defined here as any study of the natural world that occurs beyond classrooms. There is rising concern for the future of field studies in Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education, despite being core to environmental inquiry, as cost-cutting across the sector was intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper reviews…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Environmental Education, Field Studies, College Science
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Rousell, David – Journal of Environmental Education, 2021
This paper develops a cosmopolitical approach to multi-species inquiry in environmental education and its associated research. Drawing on Isabelle Stengers' concepts of "etho-ecology" and an "ecology of practices", the paper explores ethical and political questions of what it means to think-with nonhuman animals as sentient…
Descriptors: Parks, Environmental Education, Inquiry, Ecology
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Balliet, Russell N.; Riggs, Eric M.; Maltese, Adam V. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2015
Understanding how geologists conduct fieldwork through analysis of problem solving has significant potential impact on field instruction methods within geology and other science fields. Recent work has highlighted many aspects of fieldwork, but the problem solving behaviors displayed by geologists during fieldwork and the associated cognitive…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Models, Geology, Cognitive Processes
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Oliver, Kimberly L.; Oesterreich, Heather A.; Aranda, Raquel; Archeleta, Jarrod; Blazer, Casey; de la Cruz, Kandy; Martinez, Daniel; McConnell, Jenn; Osta, Maggee; Parks, Lacie; Robinson, Rinalldo – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the challenges and benefits that emerged while using an innovative field-based student-centered inquiry as curriculum model in a secondary physical education methods course. Participants and setting: This study took place in the Southwest USA. Participants included 11 pre-service teachers who were…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Methods Courses
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Gilardi, Silvia; Lozza, Edoardo – Innovative Higher Education, 2009
Innovative strategies in inquiry-based learning are recognized as improving the quality of higher education learning, but there is a need to explore whether and how these strategies promote the development of professional identity among undergraduates. In this article we describe an inquiry-based course, situated in a European context, which is…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Inquiry, Active Learning, Professional Development
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Nicholson, Dawn T. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2011
A case study is presented of embedding research in a final year undergraduate, field-based, physical geography module. The approach is holistic, whereby research-based learning activities simulate the full life cycle of research from inception through to peer review and publication. The learning, teaching and assessment strategy emphasizes the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Personal Autonomy, Teaching Methods