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Paulston, Rolland G.; Liebman, Martin – 1993
This document demonstrates how social cartography can be used in social research to include individuals and cultural clusters who want their own narratives included in the social discourse. Social cartography is defined as the creation of maps addressing questions of location in the social milieu. Visual images, depicting on the two dimensional…
Descriptors: Cartography, Cultural Pluralism, Geographic Concepts, Higher Education

Lowe, Michelle S.; Sidaway, James Derrick – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1992
Contends that using qualitative methods in a research methods course presents several problems. Examines reasons why qualitative research is not accepted by some instructors and students. Provides suggestions for overcoming these objections. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Geography, Geography Instruction, Higher Education

Ogborn, Miles – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1992
Discusses the teaching of a qualitative historical geography course focusing on Victorian Britain. Describes how qualitative research methods can be used in both contemporary human geography and historical geography. Includes course modifications that were suggested by students. (CFR)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography, Geography Instruction, Higher Education

Burgess, Jacquelin; Jackson, Peter – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1992
Describes the Streetwork project, a qualitative research project in contemporary cultural geography. Outlines the project's goals, implementation, and necessary skill training. Concludes with a discussion of problems that have occurred with the project. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, Geography, Geography Instruction

Harbeck, Richard – Journal of Geography, 1997
Advocates that geography teachers undertake field studies of human systems with their students. Describes a learning process in which teachers take students to a human system (supermarket, hotel) and guide them through exploration and analysis of the system with the goal of building skills that can transfer to other geographic tasks. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Experiential Learning, Field Experience Programs, Field Instruction

Payne, Harris; Gay, Susan – Journal of Geography, 1997
Identifies cultural universals as general categories of traits that all cultures possess, the delineation of which can distinguish one culture from another. These include, material culture, social organization, and economic organization. Discusses teaching strategies for exploring these phenomena. Includes a sample lesson and related World Wide…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 1992
These lesson plans are the result of two regional workshops sponsored by UNESCO in Indonesia in 1989 and Pakistan in 1991. The workshops focused on the need to introduce population education core messages in the Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL). These prototypes of exemplar instructional materials for primary education,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Demography, Economic Development, Family Planning
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 1992
These lesson plans for the adult learner result from two regional UNESCO workshops held in Indonesia in 1989 and Pakistan in 1991. Prototypes of exemplar instructional materials for primary education, literacy and continuing education programs were developed and tested during the workshops. The lessons focus on the need to introduce population…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demography, Economic Development, Family Planning

Powell, Joe – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1992
Contends that the division between the science and humanities inhibit the use of qualitative research in Australian college-level geography instruction. Argues that qualitative methods might be more acceptable in cultural and historical geography. Suggests that philosophy courses or foundations courses in the humanities and social sciences might…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, Geography

Archer, Kevin – Journal of Geography, 1995
Defines geography as a holistic science that explains variations in the human-environment relationship over the earth's surface. Proposes bridging the gap between the specialized professional approach to geography and practical pedagogical needs. Maintains that geographers should translate their work for nongeographers. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy