Cultural geography ; Education ; Language ; Regional disparities ; South Africa ; Teaching of geography
Geography education in the classroom is shown to depend more upon the views and behaviour of teachers than on the syllabus. The contrast between English and Afrikaans speaking teachers is then examined. - (AJC)
Poetry and prose as resource in the teaching of Asean geography in Geographical education.
The A. suggests a method of teaching that links geography with poetry and prose. Examples of poems and literary passages are provided to illustrate how these can be integrated with geography lessons to kindle interest in learning, sensitize pupils
Teachers' sketch maps of the world : an analysis of the Asian Pacific region in Geographical education.
Sketch maps of the Asian Pacific Region drawn by secondary teachers of geography and social studies are analyzed in the United States to determine if background experiences in geographic education affects the accuracy of maps.
Geographical practice ; Oregon ; Research ; Teaching of geography ; United States ; University
Geography as a program at Oregon State University (Corvallis, USA) did not emerge until after World War II. Its teaching and research focus has been in applied geography, especially natural resource planning. Between 1970 and 1990, the department
Geographical practice ; Research ; Teaching of geography ; United States ; University ; Washington State
Geography at his regional institution in Ellensburg, USA evolved from a focus on teacher preparation to an applied emphasis in environmental planning and cartography. In the USA, geography programs concerned with problems of their own regions
Natural hazards lie in the domain of both geography teachers and hazard managers but their ideologies and agendas may differ. If geography is to contribute to hazard mitigation, these differences must be addressed. Developments in environmental
education and teaching critical thinking may offer some common ground.
This paper is founded on the conviction that active methods of learning are in most cases superior to didactic methods of teaching. Geography, by its very nature, is particularly well suited to the development of active learning methods
. The A. examines some managerial consequences of adopting these methods in a school, for pupils and teachers.
Description of the geography program in secondary schools in West Berlin FRG where students receive much more exposure to the subject than in the USA. Geography teachers are better trained than their American counterparts, but problems of geography
Computer-generated tabulations can enhance teaching and learning of geography in cases where analyse of statistics is relevant. Spreadsheets can also facilitate information exchange among universities in the form of templates. - (DWG)