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Direct linkGarcia-Garcia, Fernando – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2007
The formal organisation of science Olympiads in Mexico dates from 1987, when a national contest on Mathematics was held in order to identify a team to represent the country in the International Mathematics Olympiad. In 1991, the Mexican Academy of Sciences ("Academia Mexicana de Ciencias"-AMC) created the National Science Olympiads…
Descriptors: Geography, Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction
Min, Wang; Dongying, Wei – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2007
Four Chinese middle school students represented China during the third International Geography Olympiad (IGEO) held in 2000 in Korea and that was the first time for China to participate in the IGEO. In 2005 the China Society of Geography and the Beijing Normal University decided to co-organise the China National Geography Competition (CNGC) for…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Geography, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction
Naumov, Alexey – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2007
The history of intellectual geography competitions for secondary school students in Russia (by that time--USSR) began after World War II, when the Faculty of Geography of Lomonosov Moscow State University started to organise a yearly Geography Olympiad for Muscovite youngsters. Soon, organisers of this Olympiad decided to open it for secondary…
Descriptors: Geography, Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction
Winter, Kevin; Berg, Kath – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2007
Fieldwork forms a substantial part of the International Geography Olympiad (IGEO) both in terms of time and in the nature of the experience in which participants get a chance to explore the "real world" of the host country. Fieldwork offers young geographers an excellent opportunity to explore the regional and local geography of the host…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Foreign Students, Geography, Foreign Countries
Liiber, Ulle; Roosaare, Juri – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2007
The Olympiad movement has a long history in Estonia, and the national system developed several decades ago. The first Olympiad for gifted and talented students was held in mathematics in 1950. Now there are more than 20 different fields of competition for basic school and gymnasium students. In 2005/2006, Estonian teams participated in 18…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Electronic Learning, Incentives, Geography
