Field-Based Experiential Education in Geography

Discovering and Rethinking Urban Environmental Challenges and Possibilities

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21348751
AutoresCarley Mackay (0009-0009-3075-3277, Geography, York University, Toronto, Canada, autor correspondente), Kim Tran (0000-0003-1009-0954, York University), Elizabeth Lunstrum (0000-0003-0097-4596, Boise State University)
Ano2021
Volume120
Fascículo2
Páginas61-71
Data de publicação2021-03-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-1341 • E-ISSN: 1752-6868
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00221341.2020.1862896
OpenAlexW3126057605
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas34

Drawing on our experience teaching a 2-week field-based geography course on urban environmental issues, we reinforce the value of field-based experiential education (EE) especially as it faces growing threats. We show how such experience can enable students to understand the diversity of urban environmental challenges in situ; grasp cities as sites of environmental sustainability; understand the innovative ways local organizations and actors – many of them Black, Indigenous, and People of Color – are addressing these challenges; and feel empowered to take part in environmental stewardship. Focusing on course design and delivery, we additionally offer a blueprint for course replicability

Blueprint · Engineering ethics · Environmental education · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Environmental stewardship · Experiential education · Experiential learning · Field (mathematics) · Geography · Indigenous · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Stewardship (theology) · Sustainability · Value (mathematics) · Computer Science · Ecology · Engineering · Environmental Science · Geography Education and Pedagogy · Indigenous and Place-Based Education · Outdoor and Experiential Education