Disaster Drills as Experiential Learning Opportunities for Geographic Education

Autor/inn/en	Zavar, Elyse; Nelan, Mary
Titel	Disaster Drills as Experiential Learning Opportunities for Geographic Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 44 (2020) 4, S.624-631 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Zavar, Elyse)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-8265
DOI	10.1080/03098265.2020.1771684
Schlagwörter	Geography Instruction; Experiential Learning; Teaching Methods; Municipalities; Resilience (Psychology); Emergency Programs; Victims; Interdisciplinary Approach; Undergraduate Students; Literacy; Instructional Design; Human Geography; Learning Theories; Drills (Practice) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Magistrat; Hilfsprogramm; Victim; Opfer; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Humangeografie; Learning theory; Lerntheorie
Abstract	Student participation in municipal disaster drills can enhance geographic skill sets as well as build community resilience to local hazards. In these drills, students often assume the role of victims to help test local emergency response services. Teaching in an interdisciplinary department, we incorporate these field-based learning opportunities into undergraduate courses that draw heavily on geographic concepts yet reside outside of traditional geographic departments. Given that students enrolled in these courses possess varied backgrounds in geography, we incorporate basic geographic literacy into our course designs and found that municipal disaster drills serve as an impactful field-based learning experience. Though pedagogical observations of students' understanding of geographic concepts prior to, during, and following disaster drills, we critically examine how this experiential learning activity can enhance students' understanding of human-environment interaction, political geography, and cultural geography. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01