Tapping geography's potential for synergy with creative instructional approaches

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 409-423

  Conway Gómez, Kristen ^a   Williams, Nikki ^b   Atkinson Palombo, Carol ^c   Ahlqvist, Ola ^d   Kim, Eje ^e   Morgan, Miranda ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Gyeongin National University of Education   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Synergistic learning activities; Synergy

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING;

EID: 79960814405     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: 14661845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098265.2011.594997     Document Type: Article

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