World Regional Geography and Problem-Based Learning: Using Collaborative Learning Groups in an Introductory-Level Geography Course.

Fournier, Eric J.

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ERIC Number: EJ666668

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2002

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World Regional Geography and Problem-Based Learning: Using Collaborative Learning Groups in an Introductory-Level Geography Course.

Fournier, Eric J.

Journal of General Education, v51 n4 p293-305 2002

Argues that the discipline of geography needs to be transformed from a declarative enterprise based on facts to a problem-based enterprise, particularly in light of the shrinking world community. Describes the ways in which a geography instructor addressed the problem-based learning struggle between process and content. (Contains 23 references.) (NB)

Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Geography, Geography Instruction, Group Activities, Learning Strategies, Problem Based Learning, Two Year Colleges

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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