Essays about: "Experiential learning"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 94 essays containing the words Experiential learning.
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16. Lessons from waste - from ignorance to awareness
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk professionAbstract : Aim: This study aimed to introduce elementary school students to an ecocentric worldview by creating opportunities in class for actions that could lead to changes locally and at the global level regarding the disposal of materials. Theory: This thesis used a combination of theories to challenge the anthropocentrism practice in our schools and societies and facilitate the development of an ecocentric worldview in students. READ MORE
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17. Learning with fire, water and sun: A post-qualitative inquiry into Swedish friluftsliv education
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk professionAbstract : Aim: The aim of this study was to empirically investigate the emerging material-discursive entanglements between humans and more-than-humans within Swedish friluftsliv education, and argue for the ways in which these create didactical and pedagogical opportunities for teachers and students to contribute to a more sustainable world. Theory: The research was theoretically framed within a new materialist ontology focusing on the entanglement between matter and meaning and the configuration of phenomena as material-discursive (Barad, 2007). READ MORE
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18. BIOPHILIC VALUES AS PATHWAYS TO NATURE CONNECTEDNESS IN UPPER SECONDARY STUDENTS AN ACTION RESEARCH STUDY
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk professionAbstract : Aim: The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of activating the five biophilic values of emotion, contact, meaning, beauty, and compassion to increase upper secondary students’ nature connectedness and thereby their pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours. Theory: The study was mainly based on the theory of the five biophilic values as pathways to nature connectedness; while also drawing on experiential learning theory, and the EYE for Sustainability Learning Tool. READ MORE
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19. GARDEN-BASED LEARNING IN A REGGIO EMILIA INSPIRED SWEDISH PRESCHOOL WITH A PERMACULTURE GARDEN A case study
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: This study aims to get an in-depth understanding of the characteristics of the garden and garden-based learning in an educational environment of a Swedish preschool that is inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach and has a permaculture garden. Theory: Social constructivism has been adopted as the theoretical framework for this study to gain an understanding of learning processes in the environment of a preschool. READ MORE
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20. Innovating the learning process in higher education throughthe integration of theory and practice in partnership with Industry and Students
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : The VUCA (which stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) conditions have overshadowed the national and global higher education systems, and social and economic systems are increasingly becoming dependent on knowledge and innovations. There is a call for the global higher education systems to attain a new set of quality standards (Waller et al. READ MORE
