Fieldwork experience, Geography and Sustainable Development Education: Stakeholders' Perception Analysis - Couverture souple

Bakare, Hakeem Oladimeji

 
9783847340553: Fieldwork experience, Geography and Sustainable Development Education: Stakeholders' Perception Analysis
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3847340557 ISBN 13 : 9783847340553
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Fieldwork remains a vital instrument for understanding our world through direct experience as well as fundamental method for enacting geography education.However,Long and short terms effects of fieldwork experience have not been extensively examined. This book is a report of a study investigating the associations between experiential learning and development sustainability in a tertiary academic environment. A cross sectional survey method which cuts across students and lecturers of geography was adopted using well structured questionnaires, a total of 74 randomly selected students and 10 lecturers were interviewed. Data collected were further analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study shows that experiential learning is imperative in sustainable development and environmental sustainability and that philosophy and importance of experiential learning as an effective way of promoting environmental quality is being under utilized.It is suggested that experiential environmental education can be employed in enhancing attitidunal change toward environmental responsibility

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Fieldwork remains a vital instrument for understanding our world through direct experience as well as fundamental method for enacting geography education.However,Long and short terms effects of fieldwork experience have not been extensively examined. This book is a report of a study investigating the associations between experiential learning and development sustainability in a tertiary academic environment. A cross sectional survey method which cuts across students and lecturers of geography was adopted using well structured questionnaires, a total of 74 randomly selected students and 10 lecturers were interviewed. Data collected were further analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study shows that experiential learning is imperative in sustainable development and environmental sustainability and that philosophy and importance of experiential learning as an effective way of promoting environmental quality is being under utilized.It is suggested that experiential environmental education can be employed in enhancing attitidunal change toward environmental responsibility

Biographie de l'auteur

Bakare Hakeem Oladimeji is an aspiring academic in Geography. He is currently a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom and a lecturer in the department of Geography and Environmental Management, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu Ode,Nigeria.His area of interest includes:Land use and Environmetal Sustainability

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3847340557
ISBN 13 
9783847340553
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
60
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