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Geographers for Geography – learning by doing

The Department of Geography of the University of Zadar – in conjunction with the Croatian Geographical society – is engaging geography students and geography teachers in different activities with the aim of enhancing the level of geographical literacy. Among numerous activities such as field trips, lectures, seminars, workshops, for the purpose of this paper one will be analyzed. It is entitled Small Geographers, consisting of monthly workshops for primary school pupils in Zadar County. The workshops are organized in the main city library and its branches and/or in primary schools so as many children as possible can participate. All those who register online can participate. Geography teachers and students and voluntary workers prepare different workshops, which so far have dealt with different topics and motive-related contents such as how to recycle and why, what the shape of the Earth is, karst modelling, water pollution, mapmaking, etc. Each topic is related to everyday life and includes active learning by doing. The purpose of this article is to present possibilities of additional learning and teaching geography through workshops organized for school pupils.

education ; geography ; learning ; workshop

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