Interdisciplinary place-based learning in urban education : exploring virtual worlds /: exploring virtual worlds. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Reneta D. Lansiquot, Sean P. Macdonald, editors.
• Editors: Lansiquot, Reneta D, 1978-; MacDonald, Sean P (Sean Patrice)
• Contents: Editors and Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction: A Model for Interdisciplinary Place-Based Learning ; Abstract ; Bibliography; Chapter 2 The Varieties of Place-Based Education ; Abstract ; The Life-World, Common Sense, Disciplinary Frameworks, and Interdisciplinarity; What Kind of World?; The Varieties of Field Sites Used by City Tech Professors; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 3 The Solar Decathlon: Team DURA and Interdisciplinary Place-Based Learning ; Abstract ; The Objectives of the Solar Decathlon; An Urban Education; The DURA Concept. The Architectural Learning EnvironmentInterdisciplinary Learning; Place-Based Learning; The Project-Based Solar Decathlon Learning Environment; The Solar Decathlon: Restructuring the Curriculum; The DURA Parti; Design Development and Construction Documents; Construction Begins; Off to California; Public Exhibit and Judging; Where Are We Now?; Conclusion: Moving Forward; Bibliography; Chapter 4 Cyclonic Pedagogy: Learning Interdisciplinary Lessons from a Hybrid Storm ; Abstract ; Geoscience Course: An Introduction to the Physics of Natural Disasters; Geoscience Course Participants. The Virtual World of Atmospheric ModelingTropical Cyclones; The Hybrid Storm: Superstorm Sandy; Genesis and Destructive Path; Meteorological Characteristics/Questions About Superstorm Sandy; Superstorm Sandy and the Tristate Region: Place, Peril, and Policy; Place; Peril; Policy; A Place-Based Learning Study; Challenges and Portability; Challenges; Portability; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 5 From Local to Global: The Role of Interdisciplinary Place-Based Research in Teaching Environmental Economics ; Abstract. The Structure and Focus of Interdisciplinary Place-Based Learning in an Environmental Economics CourseThe Value of the Interdisciplinary, Place-Based Approach; The Interdisciplinary Place-Based Experience; Central Question for Case 1: Can Wind Turbine Installations Installed Along Highways Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in New York City?; Central Question for Case 2: What Are the Dangers of Rising Sea Levels in New York City?; Conclusions: Adopting Interdisciplinary Place-Based Learning in Urban Higher Education; Bibliography. Chapter 6 Visualizing Medicine: Mapping Connections with Plague Inc. to Learn in the Interdisciplinary Classroom Abstract ; Module 1: The Medical Body in History; Module 2: The Diseased Body; Module 3: Visual Imagery: Treatment and Healing; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 7 Modeling Interdisciplinary Place-Based Learning in Virtual Worlds: Lessons Learned and Suggestions for the Future ; Abstract ; The Uses of Independent Digital Narrative Games in Teaching; Conclusion; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 370.115097471; Place-based education -- New York (State) -- New York; Education, Urban -- New York (State) -- New York; Interdisciplinary approach in education -- New York (State) -- New York; EDUCATION -- Essays; EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions; EDUCATION -- Reference; Education, Urban; Interdisciplinary approach in education; Place-based education; New York (State) -- New York; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319660141; 3319660144
• Related ISBNs: 9783319660134; 3319660136
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 2, 2017).
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