Measuring novice-expert sense of place for a far-away place: Implications for geoscience instruction.

ABSTRACT: Individuals usually develop a sense of place through lived experiences or travel. Here we introduce new and innovative tools to measure sense of place for remote, far-away locations, such as Greenland. We apply this methodology within place-based education to study whether we can distinguish a sense of place between those who have visited Greenland or are otherwise strongly connected to the place from those who never visited. Place-based education research indicates that an increased sense of place has a positive effect on learning outcomes. Thus, we hypothesize that vicarious experiences with a place result in a measurably stronger sense of place when compared to the sense of place of those who have not experienced the place directly. We studied two distinct groups; the first are people w

SUBMITTER: Gold AU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10602358 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature