wiga 2015 geography in the age of globalization
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Geography Education in the Era
of Globalization: Answering the
Questions that Matter
The truth…if you always lived in San Diego
What is this item called?
Truths can be spatially contingent
• How far from the here do you live?
• What time is it?
Truths can be scale-dependent
• Where are you from?
• Is overpopulation a problem in North America?
GEOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATION
World
Realms
Regions
Neighborhoods
Globalization has made the world ‘flat’
• Geography has been conquered
• Place is increasingly less relevant
Place still matters
Distance and Time
Global News Demands Geographic Context
http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/?tag=Syria
Diverse cultural understanding needed
• Army training
Understanding Conflicts
devolution
Borders Supranationalism
What Does Good Geography
Teaching Look Like? Answering the Big Questions in Geography
Geography education is not…
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
1. Provide geographic information
Environmental changes require holistic, systemic thinking
Perspective
2. Teach geographic concepts
What do these maps have in common?
3. Use data, maps, and geospatial technology
Regions are increasingly interconnected
Geography integrates Social Studies
How is this a “human” landscape?
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Boeing 787 assembly plant in Everett, Washington
How is this representative of globalization?
Messages of cultural landscapes?
Cultural Landscape Meanings
http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/?tag=landscape
Cultural Landscapes
A spatial perspective is not just for geographers
spatial mapping map projections
The Global becomes Local
How can competent teachers help students understand a complex interconnected
world? Provide geographic information
Teach geographic conceptsUse data, maps, and geospatial technology
Ask questions which encourage spatial thinking.
Geographic Literacy