Application of environmental learning theory to spatial knowledge acquisition from maps
Behaviour ; Cognitive process ; Distance ; Geographical information ; Mental map ; Perception ; Place ; Spatial representation
This study is designed to determine the applicability of a developmental theory of environmental knowledge acquisition to learning from maps. The A. describes an experiment in which map presentation strategies incorporating segmentation are compared
Learning and learning capability in the Fordist and post-Fordist age : an integrative framework
In this paper, the concept of learning capability is used to integrate different perspectives and to provide an integrative framework for capturing the changing nature of industrial orgnaization and international competition. The AA. focus
on analyzing Fordist and post-Fordist forms of learning at various levels and their differing impact on the learning capability of firms in a regional context. The role of interfirm networks is emphasized in facilitating learning and learning capability.
Carte mentale ; Comportement ; Image ; Information spatiale ; Processus cognitif ; Représentation cartographique ; Réseau neural ; Simulation
L'A. considère les prototypes spatiaux comme des structures cognitives codées en mémoire à travers les expériences en information spatiale. Il recherche les facteurs qui influencent leur formation dans la mémoire humaine. Les prototypes des
Undergraduate teaching and learning in physical geography
Active learning ; Constructivism ; Field experiment ; Physical geography ; Simulation ; Teaching ; Teaching of geography ; Traditional learning
Constructivist theory forms the basis for a wide range of active learning approaches, such as inquiry-based learning and problem-based learning. These approaches are inductive in that students build theory and generalizations from case studies
rather than more traditional approaches in which the students learn the theory and then study some examples. Students are typically more engaged in their active learning than they are in traditional approaches. Attempts to replace fieldwork with virtual
field trips have met with resistance, but there has been little research on the ways that virtual fieldwork could be improved. Animations in particular seem to engage students, although there is no evidence that they enhance the learning of physical
geography. The scholarship of teaching and learning physical geography offers challenges and opportunities for new and experienced faculty who have not previously published in this field.
From learning region to learning in a socio-spatial context
Economic geography ; Firm ; Firm strategy ; Innovation ; Knowledge economy ; Learning process ; Network ; Region ; Regional system ; Research and development ; Social capital
peut s’acquérir qu’au travers de l’interaction entre les individus au sein des entreprises et dans un contexte socio-spatial. Cette approche complète la littérature des Modèles Territoriaux d’innovation qui tend à réduire les concepts relationnels tels
Suggestions for classroom activities that enhance the learning of geography in primary and secondary schools by use of the distinctive methodology inherent in « cooperative learning ». - (DWG)
Choix spatial ; Comportement ; Comportement des consommateurs ; Coût de transport ; Décision ; Probabilité ; Trajet
Behaviour ; Consumer behaviour ; Decision ; Probability ; Spatial choice ; Transport cost ; Trip
The A. develops and explores probability-based decision strategies for the consumer spatial search problem. They extend experimental and analytical work in psychology on repeated choice among alternatives. The models encompass a wide range
of behavioral factors, including the perceived travel cost, decision foresight, learning, price motivation, and risk attitudes.
Applied geography ; Knowledge ; Learning process ; Space ; Students ; Test
on spatial ability tests, suggesting that expertise in geospatial science might not simply be explained by superiority in spatial ability. The results point to the necessity of targeted instruction for geospatial learning.
This study examines the relationships between geospatial thinking and spatial ability, focusing on knowledge and reasoning about fundamental concepts in geospatial science. Scores on a geospatial thinking test have low correlations with each other
, compared to high correlations among scores on spatial ability tests, and the degrees of relationship between geospatial thinking and spatial ability depended on the type of geospatial thinking. Expert geospatial scientists do not outperform students
[b1] Center for Spatial Information Science, Univ., Tokyo, Japon
Entwicklungspotenziale neuer Kommunikationsstrukturen in deutschen Franchise-Systemen. Analyse des E-learning und Knowledge Management im Rahmen einer computer- bzw. internetbasierten Kommunikation
Potentiel de développement des nouvelles structures de communication dans le système allemand de franchise. Analyse des e-learning et de la gestion du savoir dans le cadre d'une communication basée sur internet et les ordinateurs
Pour les entrepreneurs dont les unités sont spatialement dispersées, les échanges de communication entre les collaborateurs sont un garant important de la capacité à être concurrentiel. L'augmentation de technologies performantes d'information et de
Free-hand maps help organize spatial information and illustrate progressive levels of learning world place location information. Suggestions to teachers for using sketch map activities in the classroom. - (DWG)
Learning the City : knowledge and translocal assemblage
Bombay ; Knowledge ; Learning process ; Production of space ; Urban geography ; Urban policy ; Urbanism
The A. combines the result of fieldwork in Mumbai and other cities with a synthesis of theoretical research on knowledge, space and materiality to show how learning should be viewed as central to the production and politics of cities. He deploys
the concept of urban learning assemblage to explain the complex processes through which knowledge and learning enable and limit various forms of urbanism. - (HC)
The AA. describe an experiment in which subjects learn either from a map or from a computer-simulated walk through an environment. Tests of route reproduction , cue location, orientation, and directional knowledge are undertaken.
Learning about your community and the World with GIS
Belgique ; Dépendance spatiale ; Echelle ; GPS ; Information ; Système d'information géographique ; Vlaanderen
Belgium ; Flanders ; Geographical information system ; Global Positioning System ; Information ; Scale ; Spatial dependence
. La seconde comporte les techniques inhérentes à la géographie. Quant à la troisième étape, elle intéresse la perspective géographique, c’est-à-dire la représentation spatiale. De cette façon, la personne géographiquement informée voit un monde dans
lequel les phénomènes interagissent et changent dans l’espace selon les échelles, et les relations spatiales qui en résultent sont importantes dans l’environnement physique et culturel. - (EM)