Describes how a statistical analytical technique (the Q-sort) can be used to derive ideal educational objectives for high school geography courses. Discusses implications for curriculum development in geography. Journal availability: see SO 507 226. (DB)

The article gives data on the age, sex, income, geographic region, and ethnic composition of the visually disabled population of the United States (taken from the National Center for Health Statistics records for 1977). (PHR)

Describes a college-level course in cultural geography which employed novels as instructional resources to help students understand how particular individuals and groups dealt with the environment of specific places through time. Novels such as "Babbitt" and "The Grapes of Wrath" illustrate influences of technological change and regional…

Describes changes and improvements in a geography internship program at San Diego State University since its inception in 1969. The program, which integrates unpaid work experience with classroom study, has increased the variety of available jobs, developed guidelines for intern supervisors, places 300 percent more students in jobs, and requires…

Describes plans for future urban development which take into account energy needs, mass transportation, technological innovations, high density settlement along the rapid transit spine, and rational decision making. (Author/DB)

Discusses Pat Mora's career as a children's book author and aspects of her work: the Latino experience, bilingualism, family life, desert landscape, and folk tales. Provides classroom activities in art, creative writing, social studies, geography, drama. Provides a selected bibliography of Mora's work. (PEN)

Describes one approach to including education for sustainability in teacher professional development. Data from participatory appraisal, participatory action research, and cooperative inquiry involving secondary school teachers were used to construct a model of the main factors affecting sustainability and devise a teaching approach tested in…

Explores the data gathering process for the 'Views and Visions Project,' a part of the Land Use-UK (United Kingdom) survey. Discusses the questionnaire's creation; how teachers prepared for administering the survey; how one portion of the survey was conducted; questionnaire feedback results; and how data were coded and analyzed. (DAJ)

Presents a lesson plan for fourth or fifth graders integrating art and social studies. Explains the lesson focuses on the 50 State Quarters Program and emphasizes the inquiry method. Explains that students create their own quarter design for a state. Lists other inquiry projects using the quarter program. (CMK)

States that many students feel history and geography do not need to be taught after Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14). Explains that students lack an understanding in correlating the importance of these subjects to their future. Draws from questionnaire data that focused on students' perceptions of history and geography. (CMK)

Discussion of the use of databases to improve students' thinking skills focuses on a database developed for teaching world geography to middle school and high school students. Research on developing information processing skills is discussed, a sample unit in the world geography project is presented, and results of field testing are described.…

Describes surveys of catalogers, geo-science faculty, and graduate students that explored the provision and use of subject access through geologic or geographic names. Strategies for improving such access through cataloging techniques, user education, and the use of advanced technologies are discussed. (21 references) (CLB)

Argues the virtues of integrating teaching and research to extend the scope and rejuvenate undergraduate project work. Describes how University of Wales (Cardiff) undergraduate students implemented a research design that involved using a detailed questionnaire to determine the shopping preferences in Cardiff. (LS)

Gives a brief history of the U.S. census. Outlines attempts to make the 1990 census the most accurate in history by using a computerized mapping system, and describes special efforts to count the homeless and the transient populations. Suggests how educators may adapt materials offered by the government to their classrooms. (LS)

Identifies teachers as primarily responsible for increasing geographic literacy, and suggests newspapers as a valuable source for geography lessons. Gives lesson plan ideas that include the use of the sports, news, travel, and weather sections of the paper. Lessons should enhance appreciation and knowledge of geography in everyday life. (RW)