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(2018) Interdisciplinary place-based learning in urban education, Dordrecht, Springer.
Cyclonic pedagogy
learning interdisciplinary lessons from a hybrid storm
Reginald A. Blake , Janet Liou-Mark
pp. 65-87
By its very nature, a study of the natural environment is complex and challenging. To unearth new and to refine previously known geophysical knowledge requires systematic, sustained, and interdisciplinary methodologies that are seamlessly integrated and cohesively knitted. Therefore, to understand and teach the physical laws that govern the equilibrium and the perturbated states of the natural environment, strategies that employ interdisciplinary pedagogy are needed. Such was the case with Superstorm Sandy. The cyclone provided a classic, ready-made entree to a geophysical, interdisciplinary, and place-based learning course that has been transformational. Study results from the course show statistically significant increases in knowledge of the science, impacts, preparation and adaptation measures, meteorological dynamics, and reduction in the vulnerability and risk associated with the storm.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-66014-1_4
Full citation:
Blake, R. A. , Liou-Mark, J. (2018)., Cyclonic pedagogy: learning interdisciplinary lessons from a hybrid storm, in S. P. macdonald & R. D. Lansiquot (eds.), Interdisciplinary place-based learning in urban education, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 65-87.
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