What Does Good Geography Teaching Look Like? Answering the Big Questions in Geography
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What Does Good Geography Teaching Look Like?
Answering the Big Questions in Geography
The truth…if you always lived in San Diego
Truths can be spatially contingent
GEOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATION
World
Realms
Regions
Neighborhoods
Globalization has made the world ‘flat’
• Geography has been conquered• Place is increasingly less relevant
Place still matters
Distance and Time
Diverse cultural understanding needed
• Army training
What Does Good Geography Teaching Look Like?
Answering the Big Questions in Geography
Geography education is not…
How can competent teachers help students understand a complex
interconnected world?
Provide geographic informationTeach geographic concepts
Use data, maps, and geospatial technologyAsk questions which encourage spatial thinking.
Geographic Literacy
2. Teach geographic concepts
What do these maps have in common?
3. Use data, maps, and geospatial technology
Geography integrates Social Studies
A spatial perspective is not just for geographers
spatial mapping map projections
Understanding Conflicts
devolution
Borders Supranationalism
How can competent teachers help students understand a complex
interconnected world?
Provide geographic informationTeach geographic concepts
Use data, maps, and geospatial technologyAsk questions which encourage spatial thinking.
Geographic Literacy
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