The bete noir of geographic education : teacher training programs
Education ; Educational programme ; Professional training ; Teaching of geography ; United States of America
In the USA, preservice teacher education differs among the states, lacks effective communication among groups responsible for curricula and teacher training, and has poor interaction between universities that train the teachers and the schools
The Y of geography : developing a model world geography course for pre-service teachers
Educational programme ; Pedagogy ; Practical work ; Teaching of geography ; United States of America
Descritpion of a course taught at Keene State College, USA, with syllabus included for students specializing in pre-service elementary and secondary education. Integrates basic geography content with teaching strategies based on the National
Professional training ; School curriculum ; Social sciences ; Teaching of geography ; United States of America
Problems in implementing the new national standards for learning geography center on the highly decentralized educational system in the USA. Discusses challenges from teachers, teacher unions, and educational organizations. - (DWG)
Didactics ; Educational programme ; Pedagogy ; Teaching of geography ; United States of America
Preview of the National Geography Standards published in October 1994, exhorting teachers to embrace them and enter the new age of geography in America. - (DWG)
Epistemology ; Louisiana ; Pedagogy ; Practice of geography ; Teaching of geography ; United States of America
Thoughts from a former student and admirer of F. KNIFFEN on the latter's pedagogical method and philosophy used successfully in his many years of teaching at Louisiana State University. - (DWG)
Environment ; Environmental degradation ; Lead ; Natural hazards ; Soil pollution ; Spatial analysis ; Teaching of geography ; United States of America
Description of a class project to teach children about the presence of lead in the soil and what this means for neighborhood well-being. - (DWG)
Applied geography ; Geographer's role ; Practice of geography ; Teaching of geography ; United States of America
Discussion of employment for people prepared in university-level geography in teaching, mapping, environmental analysis and planning, public planning, business and economic development. Addresses some of the issues in linking geography and jobs
Didactics ; Education ; Man-environment relations ; Pedagogy ; Research ; Teaching of geography ; United States of America
Comments from a leading American teacher of secondary-school geography on what must be done to give geography a new definition as a school subject. A. asserts that geography's image must change, and its content and pedagogy must also be modified