Use of Business-Naming Practices to Delineate Vernacular Regions: A Michigan Example     

《The Journal of geography》2012,111(5):188-196

This article provides a history of efforts to map vernacular regions as context for offering readers a way of using business directories in order to construct a GIS-based map of vernacular regions. With Michigan as a case study, the article discusses regional-naming conventions, boundaries, and inclusions and omissions of areas from regional labels in order to offer educators ideas that can enhance classroom content on regions. This article concludes by providing suggestions for classroom activities collecting, analyzing, and discussing vernacular region patterns and processes in accordance with National Geography Standard Five at the eighth-grade level.  相似文献   

Spatial Thinking Concepts in Early Grade-Level Geography Standards     

《The Journal of geography》2012,111(5):169-180

ABSTRACT

Research in the cognition and learning sciences has demonstrated that the human brain contains basic structures whose functions are to perform a variety of specific spatial reasoning tasks and that children are capable of learning basic spatial concepts at an early age. There has been a call from within geography to recognize research on spatial cognition in a meaningful way in primary school curriculum. This article utilizes the spatial thinking taxonomy proposed by Gersmehl and Gersmehl (2006) to examine to the extent to which spatial thinking concepts are being practiced in U.S. schools. The National Geography Standards and forty-nine state social studies or geography standards are examined. Using standards as a measure of geography content, it is concluded that while some of spatial thinking concepts appear often in curriculum, others are largely absent. Designing geography standards that address the findings of spatial cognition research may serve as a means of improving geography instruction.  相似文献   

Editorial Notes and News     

《The Journal of geography》2012,111(5):221-224

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Thubten Jigme Norbu. Tibet Is My Country. As told to Heinrich Harrer; translated from the German by Edward Fitzgerald. E. P. Dutton &; Co., 300 Park Avenue South, New York 10, N.Y., 1961. 264 pages with color illustrations. $5.00.

Miriam Schlein. The Sun, The Wind, The Sea and The Rain. Abelard-Schuman Limited, 6 West 57 Street, New York 19, N.Y., 1960. 38 pages with illustrations by Joe Lasker. $2.75.

Robert L. Pendleton with the assistance of Robert C. Kingsbury and others. Thailand: Aspects of Landscape and Life. An American Geographical Society Handbook. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 60 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N.Y., 1962. xv and 321 pages with table of contents, photographs, maps, charts and index. $10.00.

Stuart R. Tomkins. Life in America: Alaska. Revised edition. The Fideler Company, Grand Rapids 2, Michigan, 1961. 128 pages with table of contents, photographs, glossary and index. $2.48.

Harry C. Rubicam, Jr. Men at Work in the Great Plains States. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 200 Madison Avenue, New York 16, N.Y., 1961. 123 pages with table of contents, photographs, notes and index. $3.00.

Winifred Hammond. Rice: Food for a Hungry World. Coward-McCann, Inc., 210 Madison Ave., New York 16, N.Y., 1961. 160 pages with table of contents, references, maps, photographic illustrations and index. $3.50.

John C. and Elsie F. Caldwell. Our Neighbors in the Philippines. The John Day Company, Inc., 200 Madison Avenue, New York 16, N.Y., 1961. 45 pages with table of contents, photographs and illustrations by Heidi Ogawa. 12.00.

Sidney H. Gould, editor. Sciences in Communist China. (Pub. No. 68) American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C., 1961. 872 pages with table of contents, tables and author, geographical and subject indexes. $14.00.

Gilbert F. White, editor. Papers on Flood Problems. Research Paper No. 70. Department of Geography, Rosenwald Hall, University of Chicago, Chicago 37, Illinois, 1961. 228 pages with illustrations. $4.00.

D. D. Harris and D. A. M. Lea. A Regional Geography of South Australia. Whitcombe and Tombs Pty., Ltd., 20 Bond Street, Melbourne, C. 1, Australia, 1961. 168 pages with table of contents, maps, diagrams and index. About $2.75.

Richard M. Highsmith, Jr., editor, and Jon M. Leverenz, cartographer. Altas of the Pacific Northwest: Resources and Development, 3rd edition. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon, 1962. 168 pages with table of contents, photographs, tables, plates and index. $5.00.

Wiliam Lytle Schurz. Brazil, The Infinite Country. E. P. Dutton &; Co., 300 Park Avenue South, New York 10, N.Y., 1961. 316 pages with table of contents, maps, supplementary reading list and index. $6.00.

Umberto Nobile. My Polar Flights. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 200 Madison Avenue, New York 16, N.Y., 1961. 288 pages with table of contents, illustrations, appendix and index. $4.50.

Robert Engler. The Politics of Oil: A Study of Private Power and Democratic Directions. The Macmillan Company, 60 Fifth Avenue, New York 11, N.Y., 1961. viii and 565 pages with table of contents, notes and index. $7.50.

Edwin Thompson Denig. Five Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri: Sioux, Arickaras, Assiniboines, Crees, Crows. (Edited and with introduction by John C. Ewers.) University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1961. 217 pages with 12 illustrations, 1 map, editor's bibliography and index. $4.00.

J. P. Cole and F. C. German. A Geography of the USSR: The Background to a Planned Economy. Butterworth Inc., 7235 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington 14, D.C., 1961. x and 290 pages with table of contents, appendixes, notes, glossary, bibliography and index. $8.50.

Jane and Paul Annixter. Horns of Plenty. Holiday House, 8 West 13th St., New York 11, N.Y., 1960. 203 pages. $2.95.

Richard J. Ward and Lawrence A. Hoffman, editors. Readings in Economic Geography from Fortune. Henry Holt and Company, 383 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N.Y., 1960. 130 pages with table of contents, maps and graphs. $1.50

Helen Wolff Vogel and Mary Leonard Caruso. Ocean Harvest: The Future of Oceanography. Alfred A. Knopf, 501 Madison Avenue, New York 22, N.Y., 1961. 14 pages with illustrations by John Kaufman. $3.00.

The New Rand McNally Pocket World Atlas. Cardinal Edition. Pocket Books, Inc., 630 Fifth Avenue, New York 20, N.Y., 1961. 295 pages with table of contents, maps covering 169 pages and index. 75 cents.

Lowdon Wingo, Jr., Transportation and Urban Land. Resources for the Future, Inc., 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington 6, D.C., 1961. 132 pages with table of contents, figures and appendices. $2.00.

Paul Fenimore Cooper. Island of the Lost. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 200 Madison Avenue, New York 16, N.Y., 1961. 256 pages with table of contents, map of King William Island and selected bibliography. $4.00.

Rhoads Murphey. An Introduction to Geography. Rand McNally and Company, P.O. Box 7600, Chicago 80, Illinois, 1961. 699 pages with table of contents, illustrations, chapter-end bibliographies, questions for further study, statistical appendix and index. $7.75.

Jordan A. Hodgkins. Soviet Power: Energy Resources, Production and Potentials. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1961. 190 pages with table of contents, maps, tables and 34 pages of appendix tables. $5.25.

Andrew A. Freeman. The Case for Doctor Cook. Coward-McCann, Inc., 210 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., 1961. 315 pages with table of contents, sources, notes and acknowledgments and index. $5.75.

Frances H. Kohan and Truda T. Weil. Juan's Adventures in Mexico. Noble and Noble, Publishers, Inc., 67 Irving Place, New York 3, N.Y., 1961. 183 pages with table of contents, chapter study helps, illustrations and suggested reading list. $3.00.  相似文献   

Economic Change in Africa     

《The Journal of geography》2012,111(4):180-186

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The Geographer at Work by Peter Gould Boston: Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1985. x and 351 pp., figs., photos, maps, and index. $39.95 cloth; $16.95 paper.

Recollections of a Revolution: Geography as Spatial Science by Mark Billinge, Derek Gregory and Ron Martin, eds. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. viii and 235 pp., figs., tables, refs., and index. $25.00 cloth.

The Role of Place in Literature by Leonard Lutwack Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1984. viii and 274 pp., refs., and index. $24.95 cloth.

The Essential Landscape: The New Mexico Photographic Survey with Essays by J.B. Jackson. by Steven A. Yates, ed. New Mexico: The University of New Mexico Press, 1985. vii and 147 pp., and photos. $45.00 cloth.

Latin America: Case Studies by Richard G. Boehm and Sent Visser, eds. NCGE Pacesetter Series. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, 1984. x and 300 pp., figs., tables, photos, maps, apps., refs., and index. $24.95 paper.  相似文献   

A Seventh Grade Problem Study of Czechoslovakia     

《The Journal of geography》2012,111(3):100-103

Abstract

Computer technology has a rich history in geography education. The Internet represents the latest in technological advancements that continue to have important effects on geography curriculum and instruction. Many geographers are involved with Internet-based instruction, which some educators believe has potential to facilitate changes in how we teach and even what we teach. This article describes how the Internet is being used by some geographers for instructional purposes and discusses opportunities for improving teaching and learning with the Internet.  相似文献   

Media Institute on Geographic Concepts     

《The Journal of geography》2012,111(2):113-114

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A new political geography has emerged that stresses the political conflict behind the production of space. This orientation in the subdiscipline constitutes a turn away from traditional political geography, where the emphasis had previously been on the spatial distribution of political phenomena. The “new” political geographic theory has been applied to the study of environmental issues, turning the attention of scholars to the political struggle behind the construction of nature as well as space. This article reviews how the new political geography of the environment (NPGE) perspective has impacted the study of such environmental phenomena as hazards, siting issues, human-land relationships, resources, development, and international environmental governance. It concludes by suggesting how the NPGE perspective can inform pedagogy in environmental education.  相似文献   

Using inquiry to enhance the learning and appreciation of geography   总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0  

《The Journal of geography》2012,111(2):358-367

Abstract

To meet national geography standards, instructional materials using issues-based inquiry are needed. This paper reports on national classroom trials of drafts of Geographic Inquiry into Global Issues (GIGI), a set of inquiry modules for secondary geography. The analysis focuses on three modules about environmental issues, tried by 480 students in 18 schools. Students made significant gains in learning the modules' cognitive and skills objectives, but they showed no change in interest toward studying geography or these environmental issues. Student comments about the modules underscored the necessity of connecting classroom materials about global issues more closely to local experiences. These findings support current models in environmental education. Reflecting this analysis, the published modules now include activities emphasizing inquiry into local issues, to complement the study of global environmental problems. The improved GIGI materials can better meet the goals of both geography and environmental education.  相似文献   

Placing geography in the New Zealand Curriculum     

Suzanne Baldwin 《New Zealand geographer》2012,68(3):211-218

The design of a school‐based geography curriculum presents opportunities and challenges for teachers in New Zealand secondary schools. This article discussed the considerations that teachers need to make when developing a school‐based curriculum that is suited to the needs and interests of the students in their school and community. An example of a programme that has been developed to meet the needs and interests of students in a particular secondary school in Christchurch, New Zealand, was outlined.  相似文献   

Reform of Teacher Education: An Opportunity for Geographers     

《The Journal of geography》2012,111(5):495-500

Abstract

This paper focuses on the context and major efforts designed to reform teacher education in the nation's universities. An overview of systems governing and impacting teacher education is provided, with focus on the issues and conflicting forces that form the context within which teacher education-and geography education—find themselves. The paper concludes with a discussion of general trends in education reform and renewal and leadership opportunities open to geographers.  相似文献   

Accuracy of forecasting in a Nordic paper mill's supply chain: A case study     

《Norsk geografisk tidsskrift. Norwegian journal of geography》2012,66(2):104-113

The article compares the accuracy of forecasted and actual supply chain cost and price factors in a Nordic paper mill's sales to customers in two large European countries. Empirical longitudinal research data covering the years between 2002 and 2008 were obtained from a large integrated Finnish paper mill, and consisted of sales volumes, paper prices, variable costs, and transport costs. It was expected that the mill would be able to forecast demand, prices and costs accurately, but the empirical findings showed that the forecasts for paper price, demand, and cost varied from one market to another and were not highly accurate. In addition, the forecasting of gross margins seemed to be very inexact. It is concluded that there is a need for more reliable forecasting methods in the paper industry to anticipate economic development as paper demand and costs change.  相似文献