A hypothetical country is devised using geographical terms charts. Students act as advisors in predicting future development of the land and community growth by using present relationships between physical environment and land utilization in actual regions as a base model. (Author/MB)

A course entitled Geography in an Urban World" at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada, is described. Objectives and rationale are given as well as the content: history, cultural, economic, political, environmental, transportation, and future aspects of cities. (NH)

How social influences have affected ideas current in the teaching of geography and recent developments in the field is examined. A case is made for change in the content and objectives of geography instruction. (RM)

Jamaica experienced organized violence from 1976 to 1980, when general elections were held. Describes field work carried out in ghettos and shanty towns which mapped the rigid geographical polarization of Jamaica and its effects on employment, education, and migration. The geographic framework for a resumption of hostilities remains. (CS)

Describes ways to teach about the role of geography on politics in high school social studies. Students study the influence of waterways and other topographical features on politics. The influence of geopolitical theory on American and Soviet foreign policies is examined. (AM)

Using a tour of Detroit as a case study, this article explains how a well-designed urban tour can make large-scale processes visible to students. Information is presented on ways in which the Detroit tour helped students think analytically about large-scale processes and about how teachers can adapt the Detroit format to tours of other cities. (DB)

Describes the game ORAM (Optional Resource Allocation Management), and its five basic components: interest groups, resource sets, development strategies, payoff matrices, and feedback mechanism. With its relatively simplistic fivefold frame, it can be easily adapted to a variety of geographical settings. (Author/CK)

Examines some attempts to define and implement Utopia, considering reasons why a literature on Utopia has developed and the utility of the concept within the context of a geography curriculum. Journal available from Faculty of Education, 3700 McTavish Street, Montreal, H3A 1Y2 Quebec, Canada. (Author/CK)

The conceptual, theoretical, and empirical bases for the ecosystem perspective are identified and related to the implementation of ecosystem assessment and design projects. (Author)

The historically sectional nature of the Presbyterian Church is examined as a case study which illustrates how study of the geography of religious groups can be applied at various academic levels. (AV)

States early school leaving is a protracted educational problem throughout the world. Examines early school leaving from the position of young Australians (n=209) who left school or were considering leaving. Provides tentative theorizing traversing aspects of the cultural geography of high school as partial explanation of what is occurring. (BT)

Provides an information guide about planning independent, human and physical geography fieldwork overseas and highlights potential problems that can occur. Includes a bibliography of essential information sources and addresses. (CMK)

Finds that student knowledge about shelter is tacit rather than well-developed, frequently distorted by misconceptions, and scattered rather than gathered around big ideas. States that children typically do not acquire learning about cultural universals through everyday experience. (DAJ)