Unlocking the Educational Value of Large-Scale, Coastal-Ecosystem Restoration Projects: Development of Student-Centered, Multidisciplinary Learning Modules
Unlocking the Educational Value of Large-Scale, Coastal-Ecosystem Restoration Projects: Development of Student-Centered, Multidisciplinary Learning Modules
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释放大规模沿海生态系统恢复项目的教育价值：开发以学生为中心的多学科学习模块
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10.2112/jcoastres-d-17-00064.1
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2017
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Douglas C. Williams
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E. Habib;M. Deshotel;Douglas C. Williams
摘要哈比卜，E.； Deshotel, M. 和 Williams, D.，2018。释放大规模沿海生态系统恢复项目的教育价值：开发以学生为中心的多学科学习模块。近几十年来，一些涉及人与自然耦合生态系统的区域规模沿海恢复规划项目得到了制定和实施。凭借其丰富的背景、社会重要性以及现有的数据和建模资源，这些项目提供了独特的、尚未开发的多学科学习机会，特别是在本科阶段。当前的研究提出了利用这些区域规模项目并将其资源用于本科教育环境的努力。该研究描述了位于路易斯安那州切尼尔平原沿海生态系统的一组基于网络的学习模块的开发。正在经历一个全面的过程。在整个海岸范围的恢复规划工作中，路易斯安那州沿海地区是一个独特的生态系统，它体现了内陆水文与沿海和湿地过程之间的相互作用。这些模块以该地区当前沿海土地流失危机为中心，让学生沉浸在一系列主动学习体验中，在其中准备和分析数据、重现模型模拟、解释结果，并平衡几个现实世界沿海恢复项目的有利和有害影响。这些模块涵盖了广泛的主题，包括水和盐预算的系统规模分析、沿海水文环境中数值模型的使用、水文变异性和植被状况之间的联系以及不同恢复策略的评估。本文介绍了试点课堂实施中的经验教训、挑战和学生的观点，以指导未来类似的努力，利用大型沿海生态系统项目来丰富沿海水文学和其他相关主题领域的当前教育实践。
ABSTRACT Habib, E.; Deshotel, M., and Williams, D., 2018. Unlocking the educational value of large-scale, coastal-ecosystem restoration projects: Development of student-centered, multidisciplinary learning modules. Recent decades have witnessed the development and implementation of several regional-scale, coastal-restoration planning projects that deal with human–natural coupled ecosystems. With their rich contexts, societal importance and preavailable data and modeling resources, these projects offer unique, multidisciplinary learning opportunities that are yet to be tapped into, especially at the undergraduate level. The current study presents an effort to capitalize on these regional-scale projects and use their resources in undergraduate educational settings. The study describes the development of a set of Web-based learning modules that are situated in the Chenier Plain coastal ecosystem in Louisiana. Going through a comprehensive. coast-wide restoration-planning effort, coastal Louisiana is a unique ecosystem that captures the interactions between inland hydrology and coastal and wetland processes. Centered on the current crisis of coastal land loss in the region, the modules immerse students in a suite of active-learning experiences in which they prepare and analyze data, reproduce model simulations, interpret results, and balance the beneficial and detrimental impacts of several real-world coastal-restoration projects. The modules cover a wide array of topics, including system-scale analysis of water and salt budgets, use of numerical models in coastal hydrologic settings, linkages between hydrologic variability and vegetation regimes, and assessments of different restoration strategies. The article presents lessons learned, challenges, and students' perspectives from pilot classroom implementations to guide similar future efforts on using large-scale, coastal-ecosystem projects to enrich current educational practices in the field of coastal hydrology and other related topics.