Field-Based Experiential Education in Geography: Discovering and Rethinking Urban Environmental Challenges and Possibilities. Issue 2 (4th March 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: MacKay, Carley; Tran, Kim; Lunstrum, Elizabeth
• Is Part Of: Journal of geography. Volume 120:Issue 2(2021)
• Page Start: 61
• Page End: 71
• Publication Date: 2021-03-04
• Subjects: Experiential education -- urban sustainability -- environmental activism -- environmental justice -- field-based learning; Geography -- Periodicals; Geography -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 910.71
• DOI: 10.1080/00221341.2020.1862896
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-1341

Abstract

Abstract: Drawing on our experience teaching a 2-week field-based geography course on urban environmental issues, we reinforce the value of field-based experiential education (EE) especially as it faces growing threats. We show how such experience can enable students to understand the diversity of urban environmental challenges in situ; grasp cities as sites of environmental sustainability; understand the innovative ways local organizations and actors – many of them Black, Indigenous, and People of Color – are addressing these challenges; and feel empowered to take part in environmental stewardship. Focusing on course design and delivery, we additionally offer a blueprint for course replicability.