New ways to learn geography – challenges of the 21st century
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Keywords

geography
landscape
borderland
cross-border learning
learning by doing (LBD)

How to Cite

Markuszewska, I., Tanskanen, M., & Vila Subirós, J. (2019). New ways to learn geography – challenges of the 21st century. Quaestiones Geographicae, 37(1), 37–45. https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2018-0004

Abstract

The aim of the article is to get a closer overview of the non-instructional methods of the teaching-learning process of geography. To achieve this goal, the results of the international project Borderland: Border Landscapes Across Europe(undertaken in 2012 and 2013, within the framework of LLP-Erasmus Programme) was presented. Special attention was paid on the innovative approach to learning methods, namely learning by doing (LBD) that was experienced in a multinational environment during the project’s implementation.

https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2018-0004
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