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Di Wilmot; Clare Brooks – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2024
A key responsibility of academic scholarship is to further develop the field under investigation and to critically evaluate how it is responding to challenges from both inside and outside of the field of enquiry. This article offers an overview of whether the scholarship published in geography education (GE) from the perspective of the Commission…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Geographic Concepts, Conservation Education, Global Approach
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Ruez, Derek; Strawser, Michael G.; Hutchins, Francis T. – Journal of Geography, 2019
This article investigates efforts by a small regional university without a geography department to incorporate geography into its general education curriculum as part of a "quality enhancement" process mandated by its accreditor. Drawing on interviews and surveys of students and faculty, we highlight lessons learned that may be useful…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, Geography Instruction, Departments, General Education
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Klein, Phil; Solem, Michael – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2008
The Center for Global Geography Education (CGGE) is a set of online modules exploring geographic issues, which allow collaborative analysis and discussion between international teams of undergraduates. Using data from trials held in 10 countries, the modules' effectiveness in improving student understanding of geographic concepts and appreciation…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Geography, Geographic Concepts, Undergraduate Students
Hancock, Daryl R. – 1992
The usefulness of geography knowledge in a child's education is philosophically analyzed from two perspectives: (1) what geography knowledge should U.S. schools be teaching?; and (2) is there agreement about what types of geographical knowledge U.S. schools should teach? Only geographical knowledge that will be useful in life should be taught to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Cultural Awareness, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Augelli, John P. – Journal of Geography, 1975
Economic and strategic geography concepts are used to analyze the political importance of the Caribbean Islands. (DE)
Descriptors: American Studies, Area Studies, Geographic Concepts, Geographic Location
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Klimasewski, Ted; Cole, Ellen – Journal of the Middle States Council for the Social Studies, 1991
Suggests that cultivating U.S. sensitivity and knowledge about the world are the tasks of geographers. Reminds teachers not to ignore the newspaper as a source of information about world geography. Concludes that newspapers can help students develop an appreciation of how geography contributes to world events. Proposes teaching strategies. (SG)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geographic Concepts, Geography Instruction, Global Approach
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Semple, Ellen Churchill – Journal of Geography, 1990
Reprints a 1904 article from the "Journal of Geography" exploring geography's teaching focus. Argued for unchanged emphasis on the land and its people but advocated a deeper geographical interpretation of history. Contended that teaching should pay attention to scientific interpretation, and that children should discover a self-constructed…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Concept Teaching, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
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Pattison, William D. – Journal of Geography, 1990
Reprints an article from a 1964 "Journal of Geography" that defined the four traditions of geography. Proposed a basic nomenclature with associated ideas to confront the pluralism inherent in geographic thought. Claimed that the four traditions offered a pluralistic basis to maintain an alliance between professional geography and pedagogical…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
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Palmer, Jesse; And Others – Social Education, 1991
Using South Africa as its focus, outlines a middle school lesson plan for teaching geographic themes and location and place. Provides students practice using geographic skills. Includes instruction about major cultural and ethnic groups living in South Africa along with three maps for classroom use. (NL)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Developing Nations, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
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Bock, Judith K. – Councilor, 1990
Suggests enhancing geographic education by teaching geography as a relationship between humans and the environment. Explores how to use the geographic themes of location, place and relationships, movement, and regions in the classroom. Provides suggestions for teaching geographic skills and developing geographic tools. Argues geographic awareness…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Geographic Concepts
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Lounsbury, John F. – Journal of Geography, 1975
The geographic study of population changes, disparities in per capita resource consumption, and disruptions of resource production or flow are useful explanations of contemporary world crises. (Author/DE)
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Change, Geographic Concepts, Geography
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McKinney, William M.; Kapter, John D. – Journal of Geography, 1975
A recently copyrighted instrument called the Geochron has been successfully used as a visual aid in teaching several major concepts of astronomical geography at the elementary, secondary, and college levels. The article discusses and illustrates the use of the Geochron to demonstrate earth-sun relationships, world time, and time zones. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Elementary Education, Geographic Concepts, Geography Instruction
Coleman, John M. – 1981
A primary goal of a teacher of regional geography should be to present the course as a study of the changing functions of world regions because the events of each day cause regions, whether political, economic, cultural, or physical, to be in constant flux. The nation-state has become in many ways out-moded as a source of analyzing the events of…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Economic Change, Educational Needs, Geographic Concepts
Harper, Robert A. – 1983
The increasing interdependency and regional specialization of today's world demand a new approach to the teaching of introductory geography courses. By focusing on the interrelationship of physical, cultural, and economic geography, a course for general education students can foster development of the geographic perspective on human systems needed…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
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Walker, G. T. – Geographical Education, 1976
Discusses the role of geography in achieving the objectives of environmental education, including environmental awareness, concern, and commitment. Strategies are suggested for teaching about environmental limits, links, complexity, and patterns. For journal availability, see SO 505 721. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Geographic Concepts
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