Opening the Journey of Exploring Cultural Geography for Students

A Case Study of Librarians and Teachers' Collaborative Cognitive Education

Authors

  • Shucheng Liu
  • Quiru Wu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/iasl7868

Abstract

In modern society, how to improve students' cognitive abilities is an important challenge facing high schools. The school library as the information center of the school should fully play its role in addressing this challenge. With the help of Evergreen Education Foundation, the library team of Danfeng High School located in a rural county of western China, initiated the collaboration with subject teachers to guide students in learning. After several years of experiments, we found that the inquiry-based learning projects jointly developed by librarians and teachers can help improve students' cognitive abilities. This paper studied an example of these projects, “Cultural Differences and Geographical Environment" project, co-developed by a geography teacher and a librarian. By reviewing the project process and assessing its outcomes, we summarized the design factors contributed to the improvement of the students’ cognitive abilities, and reflected upon what can be done better, to benefit the future development.

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Published

2021-02-20