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Direct linkBeavis, Sara; Beckmann, Elizabeth A. – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2012
What are the benefits of engaging undergraduate students with authentic, inquiry-based curricula that develop transdisciplinary research skills? Internationally, many educators believe that research-active curricula help students better understand how scientific and technological concepts underlie the complexities of our world, especially in the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Water, Environmental Education, Research Methodology
McInerney, Malcolm – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2006
The story of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in schools in Australia started in 1996 with the limited involvement of schools in the Australasian Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (AURISA) "GIS in schools" competition. AURISA is now known as the Spatial Science Institute (SSI) and is conducting the Spatial Technology…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Meaney, Miriam – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2006
"Despite its central role in real-world geography, the Geographic Information System (GIS) has had little uptake to date in School Geography." (Wiegand, 2001) This statement can be accurately applied to the author's current school setting and was the focus of her and her colleagues' case study, commenced in 2004 and continued into 2005.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Case Studies, Geographic Information Systems
Jenner, Peter – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2006
Pimlico State High School is a large urban co-education government secondary school located in Townsville, North Queensland, Australia. The school offers a variety of academic and vocationally oriented subjects to over 1,450 students. During the early to mid 1990s, teachers within the Geography Department began searching for new strategies to…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, High Schools
Beeson, P. A. – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2006
Presbyterian Ladies College (PLC) is a 130-year-old independent girls' school in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Teaching students from ages 4 to 18, PLC has a reputation for academic excellence. Geography is a separate subject taught as a part of the core curriculum in the secondary school. The College, which uses principally Macintosh…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Computer Uses in Education, Information Systems, Technology Integration
