- Title
- A Visualisation tool for experiential learning in Environmental Science: Using football fields, agricultural fields and waterways to illustrate the implication of different water allocation decisions
- Creator
- Wallis, Anne; Graymore, Michelle; Matthews, Ty; Byrne, Susan
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/159023
- Identifier
- vital:11917
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-927-5_7
- Identifier
- ISBN:9789460919268
- Abstract
- Environmental education challenges educators to provide students with activities that cover complex societal issues, enhance critical thinking and to promote interdisciplinary and holistic learning. A further challenge is to convey this information so that it provides a solid foundation for participatory decision making. For example, effective management of water resources requires consideration of the social, economic and environmental consequences of various water allocation decisions together with an understanding of the possible conflicts that arise from these decisions, particular under scenarios of limited water supply. Well designed visualisation tools can enhance teaching and understanding of difficult concepts. For example, they can be designed to allow students to participate in hypothetical decision making and to visualise the potential implications of their decisions under a range of scenarios. A review of the published literature revealed that several visualisation tools have been developed for use in science education, but few provide the option for students to participate in integrated environmental decision making. This paper presents a visualisation tool, called WINDSCREEN, that has been introduced into environmental science classes to enhance student learning. The tool focuses on water resources and requires students to think about how they would allocate available water supplies for social, economic and environmental uses. An overview of the challenges associated with water allocation decisions, together with the role that visualisation tools can play in environmental education are also discussed.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Relation
- Biology Education for Social and Sustainable Development Chapter 8 p. 73-86
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Environmental decision making; Environmental education; Visualisation tool; Water allocation
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