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Danaher, Mike – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2016
"Research has consistently found that pedagogy informed by knowledge of students' existing ideas is more efficient in promoting conceptual change than traditional methods of instruction". Learners in the sub-field of environmental geography exhibit preconceptions that frame and sometimes hinder their knowledge acquisition. Those…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, College Instruction, Teaching Methods
Laws, Kevin – 1978
A social studies unit and student workbook explore changes in land use that have occurred over time in a semiarid area of eastern Australia, the Back Lachlan District. Part of the "outback," the District consists of a huge level plain with low rainfall, only one river, and vegetation ranging from timber to grass and shrub. Chapter I…
Descriptors: Animal Husbandry, Area Studies, Case Studies, Change Agents