Faced with a complex set of state, territory and federal government policies and regulations, the recent history of education and training in the Australian context has been one of increasing cooperation to find some shared goals and action for the future. This came to a climax in April 1999, when state, territory and commonwealth Ministers of…

Geography is alive and well in non-government schools in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) but many believe that its rigour has been compromised through being incorporated into Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE) for delivery in government primary and secondary schools. SOSE is one of eight Key Learning Areas (KLAs) that make up the…

This study examines students' perceptions of the Group Investigation method of cooperative learning. A total of 142 students (62 low-achievers and 80 high-achievers) from two schools worked in cooperative learning groups during a period of over six weeks using the Group Investigation method. At the end of the study, they were asked to write their…

Affective goals and objectives, rarely stated in geographic education standards, textbooks or course syllabi, include improving students' attitudes toward other people. World geography courses expose students to other parts of the world and to people different from themselves. Although affective goals may not be stated for such courses, could it…

From an analysis of recent periodical literature, the author reviews the salient characteristics of published environmental research in geography. (Author/JR)

The article briefly discusses anthropology and defines some ideas and words used by anthropologists. (NQ)

Six unsatisfactory ways of approaching geographic concepts in the classroom are presented. An alternative that would promote global-mindedness and the development of accurate mental maps in students is discussed in terms of teaching techniques. (JH)

Making and using needle-sort cards fosters logical thinking, facilitates accumulation of factual knowledge in geography and can be applied students at any grade level. (JH)

This textbook is a course in elementary surveying. It has been the intention of the author to begin with the very elements of the subject, and to combine those elements in the simplest manner, so as to render the higher branches of plane-surveying comparatively easy. All the instruments needed for plotting have been carefully described; and the…

The approach to topographic map production has been highly organized and systematic with respect to scale, projection, grid, etc., so that the user can expect a high degree of locational accuracy. Less attention has been given by cartographers to symbolic information yielded by the map. Symbolization (information reduction) is required at all…

See JC 690 392 above.

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 2. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies; families around the world. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The introductory material includes an overview of the unit and suggestions for initiating and incorporating the unit in the K-12 social studies program. The main text is presented in four columns: content, teacher contribution…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 3. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies: Argentina, the Pampas. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The introductory material includes an explanation and overview of the unit and suggestions for initiating the unit and integrating it with the K-12 social studies program. The main text is presented in four columns: content,…

Noting that human-environment relations can be identified as one of three main thrusts of the discipline of geography, this article reviews the nature of human geography and the role environmental analysis plays within it. (JDH)