Journal article
Collaborative Learning and Global Education: Human–Environment Interactions in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Journal of Geography, Vol.112(5), pp.179-192
2013
Abstract
This article focuses on two innovative approaches to teaching human-environment interactions and international engagement in geography: (1) utilization of an agent-based model (ABM) at undergraduate levels to explicitly demonstrate complexity theories, and (2) implementation of a teaching experiment that connects students simultaneously enrolled in companion courses in North Carolina and in the Galápagos Islands through various multimedia and synthetic approaches to enrich a case study of conservation challenges to a World Heritage Site. Spatial simulation models are used to complement integrative geographic learning, to demand higher order skills of students and build critical thinking in college classes.
Details
- Title
- Collaborative Learning and Global Education: Human–Environment Interactions in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
- Authors
- Laura Brewington (Author) - University of North Carolina, United StatesKim Engie (Author) - University of North Carolina, United StatesStephen J Walsh (Author) - University of North Carolina, United StatesCarlos Mena (Author) - Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
- Publication details
- Journal of Geography, Vol.112(5), pp.179-192
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc.
- Date published
- 2013
- DOI
- 10.1080/00221341.2012.740066
- ISSN
- 0022-1341
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449110002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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