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Strengthening Geographic Content in the Classroom
South Carolina GeoFest
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Study Abroad
• Fewer than 10 percent of college students study overseas during undergraduate years.
• Three times as many foreigners study in America as the other way around.
• One of the aims of higher education is to broaden perspectives, and what better way than by a home stay in a really different country, like Bangladesh or Senegal?
• Time abroad also leaves one more aware of the complex prism of suspicion through which the United States is often viewed. If more Americans had overseas experience, our foreign policy might be wiser.
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Study Geography
• Fewer than 10 percent of college students study GEOGRAPHY during undergraduate years.
• Three times as many foreigners study GEOGRAPHY than Americans.
• One of the aims of higher education is to broaden perspectives, and what better way than by studying GEOGRAPHY?
• Studying GEOGRAPHY also leaves one more aware of the complex prism of suspicion through which the United States is often viewed. If more Americans had GEOGRAPHIC EXPERTISE, our foreign policy might be wiser.
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The truth…if you always lived in San Diego
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Truths can be spatially contingent
• How far from the USC campus do you live?
• What time is it?
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Truths can be scale-dependent
• Where are you from?
• Is overpopulation a problem in North America?
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GEOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATION
World
Realms
Regions
Neighborhoods
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Globalization has made the world ‘flat’
• Geography has been conquered• Place is increasingly less relevant
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Global News Demands Geographic Context
http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/?tag=Ukraine
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Understanding Conflicts
devolution
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Borders Supranationalism
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What Does Good Geography Teaching Look Like?
Answering the Big Questions in Geography
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Geography education is not…
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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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2. Teach geographic concepts
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3. Use data, maps, and geospatial technology
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Geography integrates Social Studies
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4. Ask questions which encourage spatial thinking.
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How is this a “human” landscape?
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Boeing 787 assembly plant in Everett, Washington
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A spatial perspective is not just for geographers
spatial mapping map projections
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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