Geography Current

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This article explains a professional development experience of fifth to twelfth grade teachers in using geographic information systems (GIS) and global positioning systems (GPS) technologies to enhance classroom teaching and learning environments. A key challenge faced by the developers was whether teachers would value the technology tools enough to warrant the time necessary to develop the skills for productive use of the technology. Based on five years' experience, researchers identified seven key components and elaborated on them with examples and related processes.     

Geography Current

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Broadening the intercultural awareness and international outlook of undergraduate students is best achieved through active rather than passive learning. The international student interview provides an excellent strategy for such active learning in introductory human geography classes. It allows American-born students to enter into a dialogue with students from other countries and learn about their cultures while simultaneously reexamining their own society and cultural frames of reference. The exercise also provides instructors with an opportunity to discuss the ethics and social practices associated with interviewing. Feedback from University of Georgia students completing this assignment underscored these benefits and provided suggestions for refinement of the exercise.     

地理课堂教学中适当渗透时事、国策教育试探

本文着重以地理时事入手，从世界形势、国情和国策、地理新知识等方面，联系课本知识，渗透到地理教学中，以激发学生的学习兴趣，达到掌握地理知识之目的。     

Cartography and Population Geography as Current Events: A Case Study

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The Sanders housing lawsuit in Pennsylvania provides a case study of how to incorporate current events into the teaching of cartography or population geography at the high school or college level. Settlement of the Sanders case resulted in the release of information about the segregation of public housing by race in the Pittsburgh area. The issues in the Sanders case were mapped using publicly-accessible data, illustrating how an authentic lesson can be created with a minimum of resources.     

Employment Trends in Geography,Part 2: Current Demand Conditions*

This paper, the second in a series dealing with employment trends in geography, focuses on current labor market conditions. Two windows on the current labor market are (1) the employment experiences of recent graduates of geography programs and (2) the activities of the Association of American Geographers Convention Placement Services (CoPS). The former provides a perspective primarily on the nonacademic labor market in geography and includes bachelor's, master's, and doctoral recipients of geography degrees. The latter covers both academic and nonacademic jobs but focuses on geographers who hold advanced degrees.     

从世界各地“地理考察”现况看我国中学地理教学

地理学是研究地球表层事物空间分布的科学,实地考察在地理学科中尤为重要。本文分析了英格兰、澳大利亚新南威尔士州及新加坡中学地理课程,发现其普遍重视地理考察,并且在公开考试中考核学生的地理考察技能。随着新一轮课程改革提出对核心素养的培养,应系统地加强中学地理考察活动的课程开发、实施与评价。     

Current Material for the Geography Teacher: Substitution of Other Materials for Wood Increasing

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Geography And Man's Environment. By Arthur N. Strahler and Alan H. Strahler. New York: John Wiley &; Sons, 1977. Pp. xi + 525.

Order Upon the Land: The U.S. Rectangular Land Survey and the Upper Mississippi Country. By Hildegard Binder Johnson. The Andrew H. Clark Series in the Historical Geography of North America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Pp. 268, $9.00 and $5.00.

The Earth in Profile: A Physical Geography. By David Greenland and Harm J. de Blij. New York: Canfield Press, Harper &; Row, 1977. Pp. xi + 468.

Global Perspectives on Ecology. Edited by Thomas C. Emmel. Palo Alto, Calif.: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1977. Pp. viii + 522, $6.95.

Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience. By Yi-Fu Tuan. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1977. Pp. vi + 235, $12.95.

African Survey. By Alan C. G. Best and Harm J. de Blij. New York: John Wiley &; Sons, 1977. Pp. xi + 626, $17.95.