Classrooms in nature, which are made up of different learning environments in nature, where students are set up in the real environment with real causes and effects of nature and human.
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Research Learning of the Environmental Subjects in Case of Educational Polygons in Slovenia
Jerneja Križan (University of Maribor, Slovenia), Ana Vovk Korže (University of Maribor, Slovenia), Nina Hriberšek (University of Maribor, Slovenia), Mojca Kokot Krajnc (University of Maribor, Slovenia), and Nina Globovnik (University of Maribor, Slovenia)
Copyright: © 2013
|Pages: 12
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2122-0.ch039
Abstract
The Slovenian education system educates and trains young people under the guidelines of sustainable development, as this will increase responsibility and adherence to the environment and human society, which part we are. With this training, active method learning is emphasized, where students in empirical way in the real world through the experience of life and with use of their senses get the new knowledge. In this chapter, the authors present two learning polygons: a polygon for ecoremediations, and learning ground for permaculture, where students on the basis of experiential learning in real world pursue their learning objectives the field of geography. These are piloting examples of the educational polygons outside schools, and therefore create opportunity for practical application of frontal classroom lessons. Field works can substitute classroom activities and create new way of learning. Research and education work on polygons give possibilities for planning active work in landscape, team work, cooperation, and evaluation.