The innovative energies directed toward high school and freshman college geography in recent years could now be turned to upper division curricula with advantage. (Author)

Three successful inquiry activities adapted to a geography course introduce students to the geographic characteristics of a variety of regions and acquaint them with major ways to utilize natural resources. (Author/KM)

Materials and space needs are discussed and planning suggestions are given for utilization of new equipment and audiovisual materials. (JB)

A teaching unit is presented, using the collage as a teaching technique in geography instruction, emphasizing unit objectives, teaching procedures, and evaluation methods. (JB)

Some problems of research and teaching in the field of ethnic studies include: 1) lack of awareness of the current social meaning of ethnicity; 2) data deficiencies; 3) lack of sensitivity to problems of scale in spatial analysis; 4) the separation between teaching and research; and 5) limitations imposed by discipline-bounded viewpoints. (Author)

Questioning is an important teaching skill. Teaching should be able to ask thinking' questions as well as memory' questions and they should be able to ask questions about ideas as well as facts. Two dimensions of a question are reviewed; the dimensions are then combined into a matrix illustrating thirteen types of cognitive questions. (Author)

Orienteering is a rapidly growing sport, developed in Sweden, which has great possibilities for education in geography. It can be conceived as an organizing device for outdoor work and as a basis for developing map skills and for map construction. (Author)

The definition of conservation, the future of resource availability, the status of conservation education today are topics examined and suggestions are made on improving the content and emphasis of conservation courses. (Author)

Results of a survey of 215 English schools, with some suggestions for the development of geography teaching.'' (Editor/SP)

Includes an example of a geography lesson conducted through the medium of the computer. (Editor)

Water management led to the rise of the earliest civilizations, almost simultaneously in several dry areas of the world. But a lack of conservation has led to degradation of the landscape, deterioration of resources and decline of nations. (Author/AL)