Multiple perspectives on geographical thinking are lacking in the teaching of climate change in school geography. This study establishes an epistemic model through a co-construction design to support geography teachers' curriculum making with respect to climate change. We developed the preliminary model with four main geographical perspectives,…

Popular music can be used to study many subjects and issues related to the social sciences. "Geographies of American Popular Music" was a workshop that not only examined the history and development of select genres of American music, it also introduced students to basic geographic concepts such as the culture hearth and spatial diffusion. Through…

This paper outlines some of the interview approaches and observational techniques that social scientists use in field study. Discussed are scheduled interviews, open-ended interviews, the delphi technique, participant observation, process observation, and lurking. (Author/AV)

Perception of the environment varies from culture to culture. Since no one can understand environment objectively, it is important that geography teachers deal with perceived environment. Recognizing that it is subjective, it is, nevertheless, the basis for decision making. (NH)

Argues that a scholarly discipline seems to progress best when it knows what it is and proceeds confidently in pursuing a generally accepted core of significant goals and questions. Identifies trends in geography which detract from or add to the progress of geography. Maintains that disciplinary accord is related to quality and amount of geography…

Discusses the development of human geography, pointing out linkages between human geography and sociology. Defines sociological imagination, summarizing the logic behind it. Provides arguments for a parallel geographical imagination, and assesses the extent to which geographers exhibit a geographical imagination. (LS)

This article introduces the word "LAMPPOST" as a mnemonic device to aid in the instruction of climate variables. It provides instructors with a framework for discussing climate patterns that is based on eight variables: latitude, altitude, maritime influence and continentality, pressure systems, prevailing winds, ocean currents, storms, and…

The author takes an autobiographical look at changes in the discipline of American geography during his career as a professional geographer from 1926-1969. He describes his experiences as a university geography professor at graduate and undergraduate levels, as a researcher, and as editor of "Economic Geography" from 1948-1969. (Author/AV)

The concept of culture area has declined in importance as a research tool among anthropologists, while geographers have continued to develop the usefulness of the concept. Interaction between the two disciplines would be fruitful. (NH)

Describes how a combination of mapping and techniques can be used as a basis for measuring and analyzing student locational awareness of California. The case study analysis reveals that there was considerable variation in students' accuracy and precision in locating places. Includes tables and maps. (TRS)

From a 1968 summer National Defense Education Act (N.D.E.A.) Institute the author draws implications on the means for making field experience a revitalizing and effective educational strategy. (JH)

Geography must pursue a multidisciplinary perspective by seeking recognition of its contribution from scholars in related sciences, and increasing communication with other disciplines. (Author/CK)

The role of geography in an undergraduate student's intellectual and vocational development is described. (DE)

Simulation game that involves high school or college students in developing a 5-year economic plan for a newly independent third world country. Role playing the members of a revolutionary junta, students weigh individual benefits against national and group benefits. Game involves one or more cycles of strategy formulation, open debate, and voting.…

Outlines a course in Digital Terrain Analysis taught at Michigan State University (Lansing) during the 1997 spring semester. Explains that focus groups were conducted with enrolled students about the usefulness of the course material and with geography majors and non-geography majors to determine any barriers they might have in taking the course…