Transitioning to a Geographically Literate Society
Michael N. DeMers
• “Many students of geography assert that there is no subject that has done more to broaden their intellectual outlook and to deepen their appreciation of nature and life generally than has the study of geography.”
“I’m not a geographer.
Why should I care?
Here’s the problem
How about climate
change as an
example
Or just knowing where
places are
Ok it can
get worse
Still More
What About
Coastal Geography
OK The News Media
Gets it Wrong Too
OK It Isn’t Just US
And Cinema Too
Cute But It’s Not
A Laughing Matter
What Happened?
Solid Evidence
What’s Being Done?
National
Geographic
National
Council for
Geographic
Education
Association
of American
Geographers
Environmental
Systems
Research
Institute
T3G Origins
Google
The College
Board
New Mexico
Geographic
Alliance
Introducing a 4 Course GIS Curriculum For Grades 9-12