Presents thirteen tips for teaching geography that are useful for any type of presentation and audience. These tips stress the types of information that should be presented, how it should be presented, and what specifics of the information should be illuminated. (AEM)

Describes the limitations of geography textbooks and tells how to overcome them by extending the instructional resources, devising more activities, and augmenting the textbook's descriptions. Illustrates the approach on a sample textbook passage which describes Australian suburbanites. (JDH)

Provides an overview and definition of local authority and town planning in New Zealand. Demonstrates the relevance of planning matters to the teaching of geography. Reviews objectives of geography and specific planning methods used in several districts. (BR)

Identifies social policy issues for rural communities affected by major development projects. Advocates increased attention in legislation by community workers and fuller recognition of social policy as a planning and development priority. Concludes that economics is still the major concern for development projects, rather than social policy. (BR)

Maintains that teaching methods of statistical calculation in geography may be enhanced by using a computer spreadsheet. The spreadsheet format of rows and columns allows the data to be inspected and altered to demonstrate various statistical properties. The inclusion of graphics and database facilities further adds to the value of a spreadsheet.…

Describes three trends that are thought to be important in shaping the Pacific Rim and discusses the significance of each. The first is the continuing economic and military influence of the United States in the region; the second is the increasingly dynamic Japanese expansion; and the third trend is the diffusion of Chinese people throughout the…

Reviews data collected in a 1982 national survey of state social studies coordinators which shows the patterns of textbook adoptions in the area of high school geography for the 20 states that use statewide adoption. Concludes that throughout the 1970s and early 1980s Texas's impact on other states' geography selections was almost nonexistent.…

Provides examples of distorted maps drawn by people from various times and countries. Argues that maps can be culturally confining and can reinforce ethnocentricity. States that exposure to many cartographic perspectives can help a person overcome ethnocentric cultural conditioning. Includes activities and questions for promoting cartographic…

Tips to help geography educators successfully use slides with their lectures are provided. They include such suggestions as know your equipment, change slides often, consider the psychophysics of the viewer, don't take pictures from a moving car, show only one thing at a time, and never be arty. (RM)

Defines cognitive mapping and describes an exercise that adapts methods applied by geographers conducting advanced research in environmental cognition in order to help students think about their perceptions of the spatial organization of a well-known environment. Instructor's and students' tasks are identified and sample handouts are included.…

Television is an important source of geographic perceptions held by college students. How the television series M*A*S*H can be used to help students learn regional geography is discussed. M*A*S*H uses regional imagery, place-name stereotyping, and regional personality characterization. (RM)

Benefits of conferences to geography educators are discussed. The author describes what may be learned from attending a geography conference in Great Britian. (RM)

The author states that we must inquire deeply into the supports of liberty; these supports being the factor of power in its several overt forms, the facts of geography, the rule of law, interest in the general welfare, and knowledge of the nature of man. (CT)

Provides a detailed description of nine ERIC resources designed to aid instruction about China. Included are teaching units, collections of activities, and teacher background material developed between 1981 and 1984 for use in elementary and secondary school settings. (JDH)

Offering maps and geographic routes for 28 books, this guide illustrates how to teach students in grades 9-12 with literary maps, taking them on a journey through real and imaginary terrains. Entries span a range of genres and literary formats, including novels, dramas, and diaries. Each follows a book's protagonist through space and time,…