Learning about Flood Risk: Comparing the Web-Based and Physical Flood-Walk Learning Environments

Autor/inn/en	Chang Rundgren, Shu-Nu; Nyberg, Lars; Evers, Mariele; Alexandersson, Jan
Titel	Learning about Flood Risk: Comparing the Web-Based and Physical Flood-Walk Learning Environments
Quelle	In: Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 16 (2015) 1, Artikel 12 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1609-4913
Schlagwörter	Risk; Natural Disasters; Sustainable Development; Field Trips; Physical Activities; Computer Simulation; Secondary School Students; Outcomes of Education; Informal Education; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Web Based Instruction; Pretests Posttests; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risiko; Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Exkursion; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Sekundarschüler; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Web Based Training; Schweden
Abstract	Numerous of sustainable development related challenges are emerging today, e.g. flooding problems. Our group has developed "the flood walk" project since 2010 to convey flood risk knowledge in an authentic context. Considering the limitation of time and space to educate people the flood risk knowledge, we tried to transform the physical flood walk field trip into a Web-based virtual trip. In this study, we aim to examine whether the Web-based flood-walk environment can help participants to achieve the same learning outcome as its authentic counterpart. A total of 65 upper secondary school pupils participated in this study. The results illustrate that a physical experience is irreplaceable, and the importance of providing "physical experiences" for learners in both formal and informal education needs to be emphasised. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01