Agricultural resources ; Agriculture ; Education ; Food ; Information ; Source of documentation ; Teacher ; Teaching of geography
The article points out, that teachers of different levels of general education differ in part significantly in their search for teaching material and information literature on agriculture and food. Primary school teachers attach more importance
to farmers and agriculture organisation than teachers of secondary schools. Some factors tend to influence the resources positively : private contacts, the offer of didactically and methodologically adapted and cost-saving material as well as easy local
accessibility due to simple communication channels. Last but not least teachers concentrate not only on one type of media when looking for information. However, the intensive use of schoolbooks among all groups of teachers is noticeable as well as the little
Cartography ; Cultural studies ; Education ; South Africa ; Students ; Teaching of geography
Any multicultural teaching environment raises the questions whether students of different cultural affiliations maps in the same manner. A study of geography students at the University of South Africa showed substantial differences, depending upon
Regional ecology and Middle America : teaching geography in a major Latin American program
Central America ; Mexico ; Regional geography ; Teaching of geography
The A. details his experience teaching a course on the Geography of Middle America and the search for an explicit niche for geographers in a large and competitive Latin American Studies program at the University of Texas-Austin.―(DWG)
Teaching the process of science in geography courses
Longitudinal section ; Pedagogy ; Practical work ; Teaching of geography
Using a test of a hypothesis on the differences in the shape of longitudinal stream profiles between humid and arid regions, the AA. describe a class project (that can be used at any student level) to teach the nature of scientific inquiry
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
The world according to a grade 12 teacher - a reflection on what students of geography should know and be able to do
Pedagogy ; Secondary education ; Teaching of geography ; United States ; View of the world
A perspective on the challenges facing secondary school teachers of geography in the USA and the responsibility they have to introduce the totality of the subject to their student in such a way that they develop an informed, spatial view
Computing ; Professional training ; Teacher ; Teaching of geography ; Technology
Teachers can use many advantages of computers in their activities. The article brings a general view on computer possibilities in implementation into professional training of geography teachers. Many recommendations of hardware configurations
A foldrajzi ovezetesség oktatasa a gimnaziumok elso osztalyaban. (How to teach the geographical zonation in the secondary schools (i. e. gymnasiums in Hungary))
The paper aims at helping geography teachers of secondary schools in teaching the new physicogeographical curriculum introduced in September, 1979 in the first school-year of secondary schools. Basic knowledge on soil and the concept of geographical
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)