Overview

This book illuminates the educational potential of nuclear tourism and learning about nuclear power in informal and non-formal learning settings. The authors present a case of elaboration of the educational virtual nuclear route in the Ignalina Power Plant Region, Lithuania. Nuclear tourism takes its shape at the junction of several types of tourism – energy, industrial, cultural, and heritage and it becomes a site of outdoor and place-based education, promotes STEM, energy literacy, critical thinking, and environmental skills, and creates a valuable source for virtual learning. The book reveals peculiarities of learning and experience at nuclear power plants and disaster tourism destinations such as the Chernobyl Museum and the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

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Author:   Natalija Mažeikienė
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   36
Weight:   0.566kg
ISBN:  

9783631841631

ISBN 10:   3631841639
Pages:   386
Publication Date:   28 May 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction. Nuclear Tourism as an Emerging Area of Learning about Nuclear Energy Revisiting Educational Potential of the Industrial Heritage Tourism: Ruhr Area in Germany and Ignalina Power Plant Region in Lithuania The Pedagogy of Dissonant Heritage: Soviet Industry in Museums and Textbooks Place and Language Transformations in a Post- Soviet Landscape: A Case Study of the Atomic City Visaginas Energy Tourism at Nuclear Power Plants: Between Educational Mission and Retention of “Safety Myth” Chernobyl Museum as an Educational Site: Transforming “Dark Tourists” Into Responsible Citizens and Knowledgeable Learners Fun in the Power Plant. Edutainment in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Tourism What We Find Outdoors: Discovering Nuclear Tourism Through Educational Pathways Innovative Technological Solutions in Virtual Nuclear Education Energy Literacy in Geography Curriculum: Redefining the Role of Nuclear Power in Changing Energy Landscapes

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Natalija Mažeikiene˙ is a Full Professor at Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania. Her areas of interest include critical theory, educational innovations, innovative teaching and learning strategies, curriculum development. She is a leading researcher in the project ‘The Didactical Technology for the Development of Nuclear Educational Tourism in the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) Region (EDUATOM)’.

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