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Experiential Learning in Geography

Experience, Evaluation and Encounters

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Editors:
  1. Jonathan E. Wessell

    1. Geography Faculty, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, USA

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  • Shows the importance of experiential learning in geography

  • Provides theoretical support for all educational experiences

  • Includes examples of experiences, evaluations and encounters

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. International Experiences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Learning Geography in the Andes: Reflections on Teaching an Undergraduate Field Course in Peru

      • Erika N. Trigoso Rubio
      Pages 3-18

    3. For Peat’s Sake: An Experiential Environmental Study Abroad Trip to Scotland

      • Adrienne Cassel, Jacqueline Housel
      Pages 19-31

    4. Experiential Learning in Nairobi, Kenya

      • Ellen R. Hansen
      Pages 33-42

    5. Study Abroad in an Embedded Online Geography Class for Adult Working Professionals

      • Beth King, Fritz Kessler
      Pages 43-56

    6. Encountering Emotions During International Fieldwork: Using Innovative Pedagogies to Develop Emotional Intelligence and Resilience

      • Alan Marvell, David Simm
      Pages 57-75

    7. Experiencing Iceland: Immersive Professional Development to Build Geography Teaching Capacity

      • Ellen J. Foster, Dawna Cerney, Lynn Moorman, Niccole Villa Cerveny, Dianna Gielstra
      Pages 77-98

  3. Domestic Experiences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. Experiential Learning in Geography Teacher Education: Encountering Geography in the Immediate Environment

      • Susan Pike
      Pages 101-121

    3. The Isle of Rum, Scotland: A Physical Geography Fieldtrip for Second Year Undergraduates Studying Outdoor Environment, Education and/or Leadership

      • L. Mansfield
      Pages 123-137

    4. Service-Learning and Geospatial Skills: What Do the Students Think?

      • Lisa Tabor
      Pages 139-150

    5. Intercultural Experiential Learning: Integrated Geography Field Courses for Undergraduates in Arts and Humanities in Spain

      • Andrea Menendez Arboleya, Benjamín González-Díaz
      Pages 151-165

    6. Encounters in Geography Field-Based Learning: Wales

      • Eifiona Thomas Lane, Rebecca Jones, Will Andrews
      Pages 167-193

    7. Learning at Disney: Myth or Magic?

      • Lorri K. Krebs
      Pages 195-210

    8. Digital Storytelling as Community-Based Intercultural Learning in Cultural/Historical Geography

      • David J. Marshall
      Pages 211-225
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About this book

This book provides insight into the importance and impacts that experiential learning has in geographic education by examining the experience, the methods of evaluation, and the encounters that students have shared about their experiences. It allows the reader to gain insight into what it really takes to prepare and lead students in such experiences both domestically and internationally. The book can be used as a guide to planning, but also demonstrates the use of experiential learning theory throughout these experiences and especially the importance of reflection by the students on what they are experiencing. The book is beneficial to students and faculty alike that are studying geography education.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Geography Faculty, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, USA

    Jonathan E. Wessell

About the editor

Jonathan Wessell is a geography educator with a focus on geography education. He has served as the Vice-chair and Chair of the Geography Education Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) for several years. His research and focus has been and is on Experiential Learning. Jon has worked closely with his colleagues to disseminate current research and experiences through panels and paper sessions at the AAG annual meetings.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Experiential Learning in Geography

  • Book Subtitle: Experience, Evaluation and Encounters

  • Editors: Jonathan E. Wessell

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82087-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82086-2Published: 02 November 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82089-3Published: 03 November 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-82087-9Published: 01 November 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 225

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Human Geography, Science Education

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