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1 online resource (xxxix, 353 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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The world at their fingertips: a new age for spatial thinking / Andrew J. Milson, Joseph J. Kerski, and Ali Demirci -- Australia: inquiry learning with GIS to simulate coastal storm inundation / John C. Kinniburgh -- Australia: links between research institutions and secondary schools for geoinformation research and practice / Thomas Jekel, Alfons Koller, and Josef Strobl -- Canada: teaching geography through geotechnology across a decentralized curriculum landscape / Niem Tu Huynh, Bob Sharpe, Chris Charman, Jean Tong, and Iain Greensmith -- Chile: GIS and the reduction of the digital divide in the Pan-American world / Osvaldo Muñiz-Solari and Gustavo Moreira-Riveros -- China: teacher preparation for GIS in the national geography curriculum / Pinliang Dong and Peiying Lin -- Colombia: development of a prototype wed-based GIS application for teaching geography / Luz Angela Rocha Salamanca and Natalia Andrea Diaz Vega -- Denmark: early adoption and continued progress of GIS for education / Torben P. Jensen -- Dominican Republic: prospects for the incorporation of GIS into the school curriculum / Quinta Ana Pérez Sierra and Victoria Castro De la Rosa -- Finland: diffusion of GIS in schools from local innovations to the implementation of a national curriculum / Tino P. Johansson -- France: dogmatic innovations, innovative teachers, and parallel experimentations / Eric Sanchez, Sylvian Genevois, and Thierry Joliveau -- Germany: diverse GIS implementations within a diverse educational landscape / Kathrin Viehrig and Alexander Siegmund -- Ghana: prospects for secondary school GIS education in a developing country / Joseph R. Oppong and Benjamin Ofori-Amoah -- Hungary: GIS in natural science teacher training / György Borián -- India: localized introduction of GIS elite urban private schools and prospects for diffusion / Chetan Tiwari and Vinod Tewari -- Japan: GIS-enabled field research and a cellular phone GIS application in secondary schools / Yoshiyasu Ida and Minori Yuda -- Lebanon: a personal journey from professional development to GIS implementation in an English language classroom / Rawan Yaghi -- Malta: GIS and geography teaching in the context of educational reform / Maria Attard and John A. Schembri -- The Netherlands: introduction and diffusion of GIS for geography education, 1980's to the present / Tim Favier, Joop van der Schee, and Henk J. Scholten -- New Zealand: pioneer teachers and the implementation of GIS in schools / Stephanie A. Eddy and Anne F. Olsen -- Norway: national curriculum mandates and the promise of web-based GIS application / Jan Ketil Rød, Svein Andersland, Arne Frank Knudsen -- Portugal: experimental science learning, webGIS, and the ConTIG project / Madalena Mota -- Rwanda: socioeconomic transformation to a knowledge-based economy through the integration of GIS in secondary schools / Martina Forster, Theodore Burikoko, and Albert Nsengiyumva -- Singapore: the information technology masterplan and the expansion of GIS for geography education / Yan Liu, Geok Chin Ivy Tan, and Xi Xiang -- South Africa: teaching geography with GIS across diverse technological contexts / Sanet Eksteen, Erika Pretorious, and Gregory Breetzke -- South Korea: GIS implementation profiles among secondary geography teachers / Minsung Kim and Sang-Il Lee -- Spain: institutional initiatives for improving geography teaching with GIS / Alfredo del Campo, Concepción Romera, Joan Capdevilla, Jose Antonio Nieto, and María Luisa de Lázaro -- Switzerland: introducing geo-sensor technologies and cartographic concepts through the Map your World project / Hans-Jörg Stark and Carmen Treuthardt -- Taiwan: the seed of GIS falls onto good ground / Che-Ming Chen -- Turkey: GIS for teachers and the advancement for GIS in geography education / Ali Demirci -- Uganda: educational reform, the rural-urban digital divide, and the prospects for GIS in schools / Jim Ayorekire and Revocatus Twinomuhangi -- United Arab Emirates: building awareness of GIS in education through government and the univeristy outreach / Mohamed R. Bualhamam -- United Kingdom: realizing the potential for GIS in the school geography curriculum / Mary Fargher and David Rayner -- United States of America : rugged terrain and fertile ground for GIS in secondary schools / Andrew J. Milson and Joseph J. Kerski -- Synthesis: the future landscape of GIS in secondary education / Joseph J. Kerski, Andrew J. Milson, and Ali Demirci |
| Summary |
This, the first publication to collate a broad international perspective on the pedagogical value of GIS technology in classrooms, offers an unprecedented range of expert views on the subject. Geographic Information Systems (GISs) are now ubiquitous and relatively inexpensive. They have revolutionized the way people explore and understand the world around them. The capability they confer allows us to capture, manage, analyze, and display geographic data in ways that were undreamt of a generation ago. GIS has enabled users to make decisions and solve problems as diverse as designing bus routes, locating new businesses, responding to emergencies, and researching climate change. GIS is also having a major impact in the classroom. Students and teachers around the world are using this significant emerging technology in the secondary school classroom to study social and scientific concepts and processes, to broaden their technical skills, and to engage in problem solving and decision making about local and global issues. International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning with GIS in Secondary Schools brings together authors from 34 countries who profile the current status of GIS in secondary school teaching and learning in their country. Each chapter includes a summary of the countrys educational context, a case study illustrating how GIS is used in secondary schooling, and an assessment of the opportunities and challenges in teaching and learning with GIS now and in the future. The book demonstrates that GIS is not only a technological tool to be used in the classroom, but also a catalyst for motivation, encouragement, and cooperation in understanding and solving global problems. The most up to date and extensive survey of GIS in the secondary education landscape, covering both principles and practice. Professor David Maguire, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Birmingham City University, UK International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning With GIS in Secondary Schools is a high ly relevant, critically important, reflective contribution to the literature, providing strong arguments supporting the inclusion for spatial studies for all in secondary school education. Karl Donert, President, EUROGEO This is an invaluable and inspirational examination of innovation in geospatial technologies in secondary schools around the world. Each chapter contains practical models for how to integrate powerful tools for spatial analysis into a range of subjects. It will be useful to classroom teachers and administrators seeking pathways to implementation and teacher educators considering how to prepare the next generation to use geospatial technologies. Sarah Witham Bednarz, Department of Geography, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, USA |
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Education |
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Geographical information systems |
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Science Education |
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Educational Technology |
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Geographical Information Systems/Cartography |
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Learning & Instruction |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Geographic information systems -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Geographic Information Systems
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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TRAVEL -- Budget.
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TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks.
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TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
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TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Geographic information systems -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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geographic information systems.
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dissertations.
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Academic theses
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Geographic information systems
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Milson, Andrew J.
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Demirci, Ali.
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Kerski, Joseph J
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| ISBN |
9789400721203 |
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940072120X |
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