The NationalGeographicSociety's Teaching Geography Project
Development, objectives, and impacts of the « Teaching Geography Project », a program begun in 1988 funded by the NationalGeographicSociety to provide one-day workshops across the USA. Guidance is offered for geography workshop planners
Association de géographie ; Etats-Unis ; Généralités sur la géographie ; Histoire de la géographie ; NationalGeographicSociety ; Pratique de la géographie
Association de géographie ; Didactique ; Enseignement de la géographie ; Etats-Unis ; Généralités sur la géographie ; NationalGeographicSociety ; Pratique de la géographie ; Pédagogie
Updating of the geographic alliance movement to restore geography in American schools| thirteen states now have these alliances in which the NationalGeographicSociety has played a crucial role. - (DWG)
Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak. Die Gunung Mulu-Expedition der Royal GeographicalSociety, London, 1977-78. (Le parc national de Gunung Mulu, Sarawak. L'expédition de la Royal GeographicalSociety de Londres, 1977-78, au Gunung Mulu)
Excursion géographique ; Forêt tropicale ; Gunung Mulu ; Géographie de l'Asie ; Philippines ; Royal GeographicalSociety ; Sarawak ; Zone intertropicale
Association de géographie ; Etats-Unis ; Généralités sur la géographie ; Histoire de la géographie ; NationalGeographicSociety ; Pratique de la géographie ; Rôle du géographe ; Société ; Vulgarisation
Histoire et rôle de la NationalGeographicSociety, par son président. Activités de vulgarisation, mais aussi de recherche et d'exploration| mécénat. Rôle de la discipline dans la société actuelle et future. (Vnm).
States and Nations. The rebirth of the « nationalities question » in Europe
Autonomy ; Conflict ; Congress ; Ethnic group ; Europe ; Minority ; Nationalism ; Political geography
The contributions deal with theoretical approaches and with a number of case studies from the Soviet Union, Rumania (the Hungarian minority), Bosnia Hercegovina and Burgenland, Czechoslovakia, South Tyrol and the Basque and Catalan nationalisms
Royal Dutch GeographicalSociety, Pays-Bas, (Commanditaire)
Carl Ritter und die Royal GeographicalSociety. (Carl Ritter et la Royal GeographicalSociety)
Correspondance ; Histoire de la géographie ; Ritter (Carl) ; Royal GeographicalSociety
L'article traite de la correspondance de Carl Ritter avec la Royal GeographicalSociety. Cette correspondance a été conservée, et la connaissance de ses parties essentielles contribuera à approfondir l'image que l'on a conçue de Ritter. (HL).
Exploring the beloved country: geographic forays into American society and culture
Cultural studies ; Landscape ; Nationalism ; Place names ; Society ; United States of America
Recueil d'articles publiés à travers quatre décennies, répartis entre des textes sur la société américaine (4), le paysage (9), les noms géographiques (5) et le nationalisme (3). L'oeuvre de W. ZELINSKY, l'un des géographes américains qui
This research aimed to delineate the nation-building project in education and the response of the Russians and Russophone Ukrainians in post-Soviet Ukraine. The study deals with two central questions : (1) What kind of nation-building policies did
the national authorities introduce in the field of education in the post-Glasnost era and (2) How do the local Russians and Russophone Ukrainians react to the current nation-building policies in education (i.e. in terms of school choice, language use
Geography and socio-political transition : challenges and opportunities for professional and scientific societies in South Africa
Geographical association ; Organization ; Political reform ; Practice of geography ; Social change ; Society ; South Africa
The role of professional and scientific societies in the transformation of South African society are outlined. The specific challenges to the geographical community are then examined to offer a role for the new unified South African Society
Discussion of the contradictions involved in the activities of the geography alliance established at the level of the state and supported by the NationalGeographicalSociety : this reform movement is designed to bring the study of geography
Geographic school ; History of geography ; Hungary ; National school ; Nineteenth Century ; Practice of geography ; Teaching of geography ; Twentieth Century
This paper describes the historical development of the Society and the great scientists and explorers which mark the periods. The role of the Society in geographical training is also looked at. - (JS)