Interdisciplinary Place-Based Learning in Urban Education: Exploring Virtual Worlds

Book Overview

Theoretical framework for place-based and virtual place-based learning explores how nexus of two innovative approaches to education in urban college environments have successfully enhanced students' learning experience
Chronicles the development of interdisciplinary courses that use placed-based learning effectively as a pedagogical strategy
Discusses this pedagogical strategy of collaborative interdisciplinary place-based learning projects' effectiveness in role-playing games, as well as explore the ways in which a virtual reality headset can be used to make learning a more immersive experience

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319660136
• ISBN13: 9783319660134
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 149 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"