The guide lists information about requirements, course offerings, financial aid, and personnel for 148 graduate departments of geography in the United States and Canada. The objective is to assist college and university departments in answering student inquiries concerning graduate training in geography. The guide is divided into two sections: the…

THE AREAS OF STUDY ARE--LIVING THINGS, OUR GROWING BODIES, AIR, WATER, AND WEATHER, THE EARTH AND ITS COMPOSITION, THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND BEYOND, AND MATTER AND ENERGY. THOUGH THESE ARE DIVISIONS FOR PURPOSES OF CLARITY, THE TEACHER SHOULD CONTINUALLY POINT OUT HOW THEY OVERLAP. EACH SECTION HAS A SIMILAR FORMAT CONSISTING OF--AN EXPLANATION OF THE…

All of the major academic quality rankings of American Ph.D.-granting geography departments during 1925-80 are examined, and trends in the universities and regions in which the best Ph.D.-granting geography departments have been located are analyzed. Seven major ratings of geography departments are considered. Reputational rankings were conducted…

Presented are simulations, puzzles, class discussions, crafts and other activities designed to introduce the past cultures of North Carolina's coastal peoples to elementary and secondary students. The manual is one of several produced by North Carolina teachers and university faculty under the "Man and the Seacoast" project with Sea…

This comprehensive action plan addresses eight areas important to the development of county-wide cooperative library service: the utilization of total library resources and services, accessibility of library service, organization, financing, special services for special needs, short range action plans, and long-range planning. Additional sections…

The study examines the learning and personal experiences of college students in three geography courses. A major objective is to ascertain the personal meaning of the course, as denoted by the way students define the course experience, their learning, and its relation to later experiences. An additional objective is to develop a model for…

This is one in a series of eight discussion pamphlets produced by the Writing Across the Curriculum Project dealing with some of the issues connected with writing in the schools and their relation to learning. This pamphlet is specifically concerned with writing in the areas of geography, history and the social studies for the "teacher as…

This study is an extensive bibliography of government-published maps relating to China that have been produced by the United States, Japan, China, Great Britain, Germany, France, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Several introductory, narrative chapters discuss the development of modern mapping in China and various mapping activities of…

Territorial decentration is a question of major significance to geographic educators. This paper reports the findings of a research project designed to determine the territorial decentration of an American sample of children. The primary purpose of the research was to determine if Piaget's territorial decentration stages are appropriate for…

This guide for elementary grade teachers is intended to assist in: 1) planning for sequential development of basic skills and understandings in the use of maps and globes; 2) providing concrete experiences for children in primary grades which increase understanding and develop skill in the use of maps and globes; 3) providing extended experiences…

Ways in which geographic education lags behind recent developments in the field, as well as conceptual and practical suggestions for bringing it up to date are discussed in this document. Unlike traditional geography, which rested on variations of environmental determinism, a basic interest in man and his spatial reference underlies the concepts…

This paper outlines some of the values that make the High School Geography Project (HSGP) useful in other cultural settings, describes some of the current developments in other countries, and illustrates the utility of the project by following one activity through four "transformations." Most countries fall into one of three categories…

This bulletin lists map concepts and skills in a workable, sequential order of teaching in grades 1 through 6. By using the grade level lists the teacher perceives his part in the total program. The list can also be used to test children before they advance to the next sequence. For each set of skills the bulletin outlines what to teach and…

A study of a cemetery can reveal much about the lives of people of the past and can be used as a supplement to classroom experiences. Possible objectives of a field trip to a cemetery might be: (1) to develop an appreciation and awareness of the cemetery as a supplement to the present curricula of art, language arts, history, mathematics, and…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 10-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Social science. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The extensive introductory material includes rationale, definitions of the social science core disciplines, glossary of terms, and descriptions of concepts. The course material includes political science, history, economics, geography, sociology,…