Reflecting on Field-Based and Technology-Enabled Learning in Geography

Chang, Chew Hung; Irvine, Kim N.; Wu, Bozeng; Seow, Tricia

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-8705-9_13

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“…They have also been supported by Twinning & Henry (2014) who have emphasized on the enhancing of ICT in teaching of English in English schools in Britain. According to Dermici ,Gonzalez,&Bednarz (2018), these scholars have given an account on how ICT has been embraced in European countries, especially in Britain, Switzerland and Germany ( Chang ,Irvine & Seow 2018), and how it is being carried out in schools from pre-primary to higher learning institutions as compared to other developing countries of the world where the strategies of teaching has not yet changed much due to most teachers resisting the changing teaching trends in the evolving education in the world as being reminded by the sustainability of the millennium development goals No 4 on quality education (Ajamoghlyan ,2016).…”

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Assessment of the Teachers’ Attitude towards ICT and Learners’ Academic Achievement in Geography in Nyamira County, Kenya

Omwoki,

Omwenga,

Mamboleo

2023

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The study looked at the influence of teachers’ attitudes towards information communication technology (ICT), on learners’ academic achievement in geography in public secondary schools in Nyamira county, Kenya. The major aim was to assess the teachers’ attitudes towards ICT usage. The study used three questionnaires and one interview schedule to collect data from 190 public secondary schools and 6 education quality assurance officers. The data was collected and coded by using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) for analysis, use of mixed method approach was used, where descriptive and inferential statistics were analyzed and presented in form of tables. The main issues faced by teachers might have contributed to the limited use of ICT in teaching and learning process, hence affecting learners’ academic achievements in geography. Teachers’ attitudes will be solved when; pre –training, workshops for capacity building and in-service courses for ICT will be enhanced in all learning institutions. The study therefore recommends that teachers get trained for the implementation of ICT in teaching and learning to be enhanced and improvement of infrastructure.

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Assessment of the Teachers’ Attitude towards ICT and Learners’ Academic Achievement in Geography in Nyamira County, Kenya

Omwoki,

Omwenga,

Mamboleo

2023

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“…PUB has constructed raingardens at 13 schools, serving as teaching aids to demonstrate how natural materials, such as plants and soil media, can be used to cleanse stormwater runoff (MEWR 2018). The raingarden program also has been extended to universities (Chang et al 2018). Most recently PUB combined the unveiling of the Kallang River@Bishan-Braddell Road ABC Waters project with the local Mid-Autumn celebration and a model raingarden design competition for secondary schools in a full day of activities that brought community and schools to the water (Figure 5).…”

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Bridging the Form and Function Gap in Urban Green Space Design through Environmental Systems Modeling

Irvine

Loc

Sovann

et al. 2021

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Using a case study approach from past projects in Singapore, Australia, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, we examine the benefits, but also some of the challenges, to implementing green space in urban design. Green space can have multiple physical and psychological wellbeing benefits, as well as environmental benefits, including urban runoff quantity and quality management, urban heat island abatement, air quality improvement, and noise reduction. Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) can be an important element of green space design and here we explore how modeling of ecosystem services and dynamic modeling of WSUD can help to facilitate sound planning and management decision making in support of green space implementation. As we illustrate with examples for Australia, Singapore and Cambodia, we believe that application of an urban ecosystem services modeling approach can elucidate environmental benefits of urban green space that otherwise may not be considered. Engineers may include dynamic modeling of WSUD in support of an urban master plan, or urban redevelopment, but generally urban planners are less conversant in applying models. We discuss some of the challenges to integrating multidisciplinary visioning and modeling of green space design and performance evaluation through our experience with a stormwater and wastewater design study for Cha Am, Thailand, that included landscape architecture and engineering classes at Thammasat University, Mahidol University, and AIT. Through a case study of Phnom Penh, we illustrate how modeling and 3D visualization can be used to effectively explore the benefits of green space. We conclude that a user-friendly decision support system is needed to integrate modeling and visualization tools and thereby bridge the gap between form and function in urban green space design.

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“…Under the PUB's ABC (Active, Beautiful, Clean) Waters Program (PUB ABC Waters, n.d.) Singapore has promoted WSUD implementation extensively for the past decade to manage localized flooding and improve runoff quality entering its drinking water reservoirs (e.g. Irvine et al, 2014;Lim & Lu, 2016;Yau et al, 2017;Chang et al, 2018). Increasingly, WSUD also has been used to underpin a biophilic, urban liveability philosophy (Newman, 2014;Liao, 2019;Ho et al, 2020).…”

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Hedonic Pricing to Monetize Ecosystem Services Provided by Water Sensitive Urban Design: A Comparison of Geelong, Australia and Singapore

Irvine¹,

Choy

Chua

et al. 2020

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Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) features increasingly are used for urban water management, green urban design, and improved community liveability, but relatively less data are available on the ecosystem services that WSUD provides. We used hedonic pricing, supported by qualitative surveys, in Geelong, Australia and Singapore, to evaluate benefits related to large WSUD features. For both locations there was a significant (α=0.05) inverse relationship between sale price of a residence and distance to the WSUD features. Qualitative surveys corroborated the hedonic pricing analysis, as a majority of people appreciated benefits accrued from living near WSUD features.

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Reflecting on Field-Based and Technology-Enabled Learning in Geography

Cited by 11 publications

References 8 publications

Assessment of the Teachers’ Attitude towards ICT and Learners’ Academic Achievement in Geography in Nyamira County, Kenya

Assessment of the Teachers’ Attitude towards ICT and Learners’ Academic Achievement in Geography in Nyamira County, Kenya

Bridging the Form and Function Gap in Urban Green Space Design through Environmental Systems Modeling

Hedonic Pricing to Monetize Ecosystem Services Provided by Water Sensitive Urban Design: A Comparison of Geelong, Australia and Singapore

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