Using Satellite Imagery as an Educational Tool: Experience on the example of the All-Ukrainian Summer School on Remote Sensing 2021-2022

Remote Sensing & GIS for Environmental Monitoring

Authors

First and Last Name Academic degree E-mail Affiliation
Svitlana Babiichuk Ph.D. brevuslana [at] gmail.com Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
National Pedagogical Dragomanov University
Kyiv, Ukraine
The Institute of Gifted Child of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
Stepan Pikul No stepanpikul [at] gmail.com Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
Lidiia Davybida Ph.D. lidiia.davybida [at] nung.edu.ua Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Olha Tomchenko Ph.D. olhatomch [at] gmail.com Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
Oleksandr Hordiienko No gordiienko.ov [at] gmail.com Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
Institute of Telecommunications and Global Information Space, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine

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First published on this website: 19.08.2023 - 22:28
Abstract 

A 21st-century education has the vital task of preparing students for life under conditions of rapid global climate change, teaching them to monitor indicators essential for human life, such as air and water quality, emergencies, disasters and their consequences, etc. Students should understand how to predict the potential changes in these indicators and make effective decisions based on that. In addition to the historic disruption of COVID-19, Ukrainian education faces the challenges of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war today. The conclusions of this paper were drawn from the educational project – All-Ukrainian Summer School on the Basics of Remote Sensing, held in 2021 (before the full-scale war) and 2022 (during the war). Remote Sensing used in the educational cycle contributes to developing students’ climate literacy, critical thinking, and a more responsible attitude to the environment.

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