Encouraging active learning when teaching geospatial sciences
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: In today’s world, higher education, especially in technical sciences, is crucial when speaking about a change in values and attitudes towards sustainability. Engaging students in learning and training process as well as developing their research skills and creative capacity is challenging. This study inquiries into the current academic activities and role of used educational technologies and methodologies for encouraging active learning in both undergraduate and postgraduate programs when teaching any engineering course in general, and geospatial sciences in particular. The result of the study suggests the importance of interdisciplinary project and problem-based learning, building partnership with universities, students and industrial companies, monitoring, developing, and implementation of new educational technologies.
Source: Geo-spatial Information Science
Author: Igor A. Musikhin
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,993
OpenAlex ID: W2139058952