choices program: what does good geography teaching look like?
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What Does Good Geography Teaching Look Like?
Answering the Big Questions in Geography
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The truth…if you always lived in San Diego
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Truths can be spatially contingent
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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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Place still matters
Distance and Time
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Diverse cultural understanding needed
• Army training
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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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What do these maps have in common?
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3. Use data, maps, and geospatial technology
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Geography integrates Social Studies
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A spatial perspective is not just for geographers
spatial mapping map projections
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Understanding Conflicts
devolution
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Borders Supranationalism
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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