THE CLASSROOM AS THE FIELD FOR STUDYING GEOGRAPHICAL EDUCATION     

L. JEAN PALMER‐MOLONEY  ELIZABETH BLOOM 《Geographical review》2001,91(4):641-654

ABSTRACT. Recent attempts by U.S. politicians to reform the nation'sschools have shifted the goal of education to school accountability as assessed in standardized testing. Such an emphasis undermines geographical education in schools because of geography'ssuperficial representation in tests and in the social studies curriculum. Fieldwork done in the classroom can point to means of circumventing this dilemma. Collaborative fieldwork between college faculty members and public‐school teachers has the potential for adding geography to the social studies curriculum in a substantive way. Work conducted jointly by Hartwick College and the Oneonta (New York) Middle School exemplifies such a partnership.  相似文献   

Simple gravity corer suitable for educators     

J. Curt Stager 《Journal of Paleolimnology》1992,7(3):253-255

Instructions for construction and use of a simple and inexpensive sediment coring device are presented. The sampler is suitable for use in high school and undergraduate science courses.  相似文献   

Teaching GIS in Geography*   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Karen K. Kemp  Michael F. Goodchild  Rustin F. Dodson 《The Professional geographer》1992,44(2):181-191

Although numerous courses in geographic information systems (GIS) have been introduced into the geography curriculum over the past few years, there has been remarkably little debate over the issues involved. This paper first discusses the arguments for geography as an appropriate disciplinary setting for GIS teaching at the undergraduate level. This is followed by a discussion of the nature of GIS courses and their appropriate place in the undergraduate geography curriculum. The final section of the paper describes the NCGIA Core Curriculum project and examines its significance in this broader context.  相似文献   

The Operational Geography of Great Britain*     

Martin J. Pasqualetti 《The Professional geographer》1992,44(3):296-307

This article examines the operational geography of Great Britain in terms of six components: domestic context; student quality, preparation, and training; professional work environment; publications and productivity; conveniences and facilities; and employment. The goal of operational geography is to provide the basis for blending the strengths of different systems of geography which have much to offer one another. This article uses personal experiences and survey data to examine the strengths and weaknesses in Britain as compared to the United States. It finds that Britain has strong national support, a greater emphasis on geographic education, high-quality but narrowly trained undergraduates, and a productive academic faculty. The United States enjoys a more effective graduate curriculum, better funding, and more opportunity for personal advancement.  相似文献   

SALES TAX AS PROPERTY TAX RELIEF? THE SHIFTING ONUS OF LOCAL REVENUE GENERATION     

Andrew J. Krmenec 《The Professional geographer》1991,43(1):60-67

Local governments are under pressure to develop alternative revenue sources to their already strapped property tax bases. Throughout the 1970s, municipal governments nationwide restructured their local taxes by substituing sales tax for property tax revenue. A tax accounting model identified two sources of sales-for-property tax substitution: changes in the tax rates and normal economic growth and decline. Most of the sales-for-property tax substitution experienced in Illinois city finance was attributable to economic change. The critical determinant of this substitution appreared to be the municipality's share of the regional retail market. Cities in higher density metropolitan areas were less likely to experience sales-for-property tax substitution through economic growth than those cities in lower density, less competitive environments.  相似文献   

Analysis of educational factor in regional innovation and the corresponding policy implications     

《地理学报(英文版)》2000,(1)

l Public Educational Outlay is an Important Factor influencing Regional innovationAbility in ChinaInnovation includes a series of achvitjes from ale bed of new idea to produchon design coddle tesAng,manufac~g and marketing. It is also the process of knowledge creating, ti'ansfonning and applying.Regional innovahon system is a netWork promoting innovahon formed by the interachon of differentbranches and orgalhaations in a region. Many factors act upon tile innovahon ability in a specific re…  相似文献   

Photogrammetry Education for Multidisciplinary Geomatics in China     

ZHU Qing 《地球空间信息科学学报》2006,9(4):273-280

IntroductionThe word photogrammetry comes from Greekwords photos ( meaning “light”) , gramma( meaning that which is drawn or written) andmetron ( meaning“to measure”) . It originallysignifies measuring graphically by means oflight[1].The development o…  相似文献   

基于ArcIMS构建WebGIS-T信息化服务理论研究     

吴良才  金时华  孙秀波 《华东地质学院学报》2007,30(1):30-32

由于交通信息系统具有动态化、离散化等特点,原有的信息技术已经不能完全满足交通应用的实际需求;借助于WebGIS可以满足交通信息化的现代要求,为出行者提供方便、快捷的公交信息。但ArcIMS自带SQL查询是隐含式的,对于专题应用的查询,尤其是给公共信息服务带来了极大的不便。在分析WebGIS-T的大众化信息服务趋势的基础上,提出了一种基于ArcIMS构建的沈阳市公交换乘的自定义界面化查询方案,克服了ArcIMS的缺点。  相似文献   

MORAL GEOGRAPHY IN HIGH PLAINS HISTORY     

JOHN OPIE 《Geographical review》1998,88(2):241-258

ABSTRACT. When American society, through deliberate government action, intervenes to preserve the family farm as the locus of “good” human values and “authentic” environmental conditions, the result can be described as a moral geography. Nowhere is this clearer than in the protection of traditional farming on the High, or Great, Plains through federal funding and programs. Protection began during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s; federal support came to a close with the passage of the 1996 farm bill. These shifts deserve assessment of historic American interests in the protection of an agricultural institution and of a region at risk.  相似文献   

教育测量数据的多元自建模模型分析     

尚钢 《武汉大学学报(信息科学版)》1998,(3)

将关于形状不变的自建模回归模型推广到多元自变量,解决了计算问题,并结合教育测量数据给出了实例。该模型既可以反映多条曲线走势的共性,又可以反映每条曲线之间的相互关系及其个性。  相似文献