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Barnes, Trevor J. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2006
This article makes an argument for an economic geographical pedagogy that is post-disciplinary, emphasizing non-hierarchical, student-based knowledge, disciplinary interconnectedness, epistemological plurality, and material embodiedness and embeddedness. Key to this conception of economic geographical pedagogy are recent writings of Timothy…
Descriptors: Human Geography, Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach
Alibrandi, Marsha – 2003
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a computer application for urban planning, weather reporting, and geological and demographic studies. This book takes teachers and students to the cutting edge of teaching social studies and environmental education using GIS. Students can use GIS as a tool to explore, question, integrate, analyze, interpret,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Lake, Dan – Computing Teacher, 1989
Describes projects developed through the Long Distance Learning Network (LDLN) that experimented with using telecommunications in classrooms in the United States and in other countries. A creative writing project involving elementary school students in the United States, Canada, and Australia is described, and a seventh-grade geography project is…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Creative Writing
Project WET Foundation, 2004
2005 IPPY Award Winner! Actively engaging students with 36 science-based, multidisciplinary, hands-on activities, this "Guide" is an award-winning learning tool covering the Missouri Basin's hydrology, geology, geography, tribes, settlement, cities, agriculture, industry, recreation, navigation, plant and animal species, issues,…
Descriptors: Recognition (Achievement), National Standards, Geology, Ecology
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Gonick, Marnina – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2004
This paper investigates changing modes of femininity. It asks: What are the discourses and discursive practices within which new femininities are constructed? What are the social conditions in which they emerge? How are these negotiated and lived by girls? What do these stories tell us about the complications of subject formation and what it means…
Descriptors: Femininity, Social Change, Human Geography, Social Environment
Czerneda, Julie, Ed. – 1996
Technology's impact on society is growing everyday. The need to include technology education as core material for all students has been recognized by educators around the world. This book is a practical guide to using the problem-solving approaches integral to the design process in order to integrate technology education into all subject areas for…
Descriptors: Art, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Enrichment, Curriculum Guides