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Transformed by Antarctica

Transformed by Antarctica Martha L. Henderson The Evergreen State College Many faculty members of higher education institutions across the nation have asked me how we teach at Evergreen State College. We do teach world regional geography at Evergreen, and I offer this short article to demonstrate a system of learning. I also focus on one of the regions of the world that often is overlooked: the Polar Regions, especially Antarctica. Teaching world regional geography in a ten-week quarter is always a challenge. Inevitably student learning about the entire extent of Earth must be compressed to those areas to accommodate diverse populations, physical features, environmental histories, and challenges before us. A quick examination of world geography textbooks offers a measure of significance in the number of pages devoted to each major region. Student learning about Polar Regions is often left to their own reading of texts. At Evergreen, I have the luxury of expanding the regional focus into a two-quarter-long class. Six years ago, a colleague was looking for a traveling partner to Antarctica and I immediately signed up. The trip was amazing. Antarctica is other-worldly. Ice is beautiful. Penguins are super cool, especially when you are kayaking with them right at http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers University of Hawai'I Press

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Martha L. Henderson The Evergreen State College Many faculty members of higher education institutions across the nation have asked me how we teach at Evergreen State College. We do teach world regional geography at Evergreen, and I offer this short article to demonstrate a system of learning. I also focus on one of the regions of the world that often is overlooked: the Polar Regions, especially Antarctica. Teaching world regional geography in a ten-week quarter is always a challenge. Inevitably student learning about the entire extent of Earth must be compressed to those areas to accommodate diverse populations, physical features, environmental histories, and challenges before us. A quick examination of world geography textbooks offers a measure of significance in the number of pages devoted to each major region. Student learning about Polar Regions is often left to their own reading of texts. At Evergreen, I have the luxury of expanding the regional focus into a two-quarter-long class. Six years ago, a colleague was looking for a traveling partner to Antarctica and I immediately signed up. The trip was amazing. Antarctica is other-worldly. Ice is beautiful. Penguins are super cool, especially when you are kayaking with them right at

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Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers – University of Hawai'I Press

Published: Sep 9, 2017

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