Reflections on a discipline-wide project: Developing active learning modules on the human dimensions of global change

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-38

  Hanson, Susan ^a   Moser, Susanne ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Curriculum development; Faculty development; Geography instruction; Human dimensions of global change

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037367422     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309826032000062441     Document Type: Article

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