Recently added articles from The Journal of Geography:

Aesthetics in Geography: Ideas for Teaching Geography Using Poetry

Sep 01, 2007; Kirman, Joseph M ... ABSTRACT This article discusses how poetry can be used for teaching geography. The rational for using and writing poetry, its relationship to the National Standards for Geography, grade levels, pedagogical concerns associated with poetry writing, and subject integration are discussed ....

Spatial Thinking by Young Children: Neurologic Evidence for Early Development and "Educability"

Sep 01, 2007; Gersmehl, Philip J; Gersmehl, Carol A ... ABSTRACT The human brain appears to have several "regions" that are structured to do different kinds of spatial thinking, according to a large and rapidly growing body of research in a number of disciplines. Building on a previous review of research with older children and adults, this ...

A Field-Based Learning Experience for Introductory Level GIS Students

Sep 01, 2007; Carlson, Tom ... ABSTRACT This article describes a pedagogic foundation for introducing a field-based geographic information systems (GIS) experience to the GIS curriculum at the university level and uses a dual evaluation methodology to monitor student learning and satisfaction. Students learned the ...

Virtual Egalitarianism, Critical Pedagogy, and Geographic Education

Sep 01, 2007; Lukinbeal, Chris; Allen, Casey D ... ABSTRACT This article explores the implementation of critical pedagogic practices into a graduate level landscape seminar Web site. Critical pedagogy seeks to reconfigure student-teacher relationships and disrupt embedded power regimes within academia and society. Critical pedagogic ...