Outlines advantages and disadvantages of a history of postwar geographical thought course, focusing on student-led interviews of geography staff. Students examine geographical career of a lecturer, discuss courses s/he has taken, character of departments s/he has experienced, his/her awareness at different stages of philosophical and…

Describes a simulation to demonstrate the complex relationship between air temperature and relative humidity for college-level physical geography classes. (AM)

Analyzes student enrollment in college level geography courses on conservation as a means of determining how important conservation courses are in United States colleges and unlversities, where conservation has been an important geography course recently, and whether conservation has increased or declined in student popularity since the 1960s. (DB)

Explains how an educational game involving the use of energy error cards can be used to help high school geography students learn geography content and develop their critical thinking skills. (DB)

Discusses an experiment with students' free-hand mapping of Canada as a teaching-learning activity in a university level course on the geography of Canada. Explains objectives and problems of map-drawing exercises. (DB)

This article is intended to add to the debate on political geography by considering its relevance and application and by outlining ways in which it can contribute to an understanding of Canada's national unity problem. Information is presented on Canada and national unity, state viability, internal organization of the state, politics, electoral…

Suggests that geography can contribute to the liberal arts curriculum by freeing students from confines of their own time and place. Maintains also that geography can provide a sense of unity to balance the abstract view imparted to students by most social and physical science courses. (Author/DB)

Eliminating history and geography courses will not improve the social studies program; better teaching will. (Author)

Relates phenomenology to geography education. Phenomenology is defined as a way of study which explores and describes the essential nature of things and experiences as they are in their own terms. (Author/DB)

Presents a checklist for instructors preparing to teach a large geography lecture class. Suggests having enough supplies, especially paper for copying; ordering enough textbooks; making sure that seats have writing surfaces; writing out examination policies; and other time-saving management procedures. (GG)

The American International School in Mallorca, Spain, addressed students' appalling ignorance of geography without overhauling the curriculum. An innovative geography fortnight incorporating geographical places, terms, and concepts across the curriculum vastly increased students' knowledge and enthusiasm. (MLH)

Briefly discusses the advantages of using literature to teach geography, and presents an annotated bibliography of 17 fiction and nonfiction books that may be used to develop an understanding of geography in children and young adults. The intended educational level of each book is included in its description. (CLB)

Suggests that a background in geography would enhance a journalist's ability to report disasters that had their origins in human behavior, rather than natural disasters. Argues that incorporation of geography courses into journalism students' curriculum would provide them with a perspective that synthesizes knowledge from a number of disciplines…

Offers suggestions for teaching high school students about the relevance of a nation's size, shape, and location to its geopolitical influence. Includes a map of and suggested teaching procedures concerning the hypothetical "Continent X" and its five component nations. Suggests follow-up topics. (SG)

Presents a series of five short stories for children that incorporate geographic concepts. Includes the concepts of region, boundaries, and grids. Suggests that the stories will help children master challenging concepts and vocabulary that in turn will increase their knowledge and self-esteem. (DK)