Learning Geography Beyond the Traditional Classroom

Dr. Chang Chew-Hung is an associate professor in the Humanities and Social Studies Education Academic Group and also Associate Dean of the Office of Graduate Studies and Professional Learning, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Dr. WU Bing Sheng is an assistant professor at the  National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan. His research interests are GIS, remote sensing, urban modeling, volunteered geographical information, and spatial learning.Dr. Tricia SEOW is lecturer at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She graduated from the Institute of Education, London in 2014.Dr. Kim Irvine is an associate professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has published 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, primarily related to water-resource management and water-quality issues.

• 1 The where and how of learning Geography beyond the classroom.- 2 Learning in the field: A conceptual approach to field-based learning in Geography.- 3 Teaching geography with technology: A critical commentary.- 4 Assessing how Geography is learnt beyond the classroom.- 5 What happened to the textbook example of the Padang Benggali groyne field in Butterworth, Penang?.- 6 The River Guardian Program for Junior High Schools on the “River of Kings”, Thailand.- 7 Paradigm Shift in Humanities Learning Journey.- 8 Authentic Learning: making sense of the real environment using mobile technology tool.- 9 Location-aware, context-rich field data recording, using mobile devices for field-based learning in Geography.- 10 High-speed Mobile Telecommunication Technology in the Geography Classroom.- 11 Social Media: A Space to Learn.- 12 School leadership and teachers’ comfort level in using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to enhance geographical learning: The case of lower secondarygeography in Singapore.- 13 Reflecting on field-based and technology enabled learning in Geography.