The Journal of Geography back issues from September 2005:
Teaching American Indian Geography and History with New Perspectives: The Lodge Pole River Project Example
Sep 01, 2005; ... ABSTRACT A three-year institute called "The Lodge Pole River Project" was designed to change educator perceptions of American Indian historical geography and encourage the creation of balanced and culturally sensitive American Indian K-12 curriculum. This project offered unique ...
Towards a Regionally Balanced Geographic Education Beyond Geography Class
Sep 01, 2005; ... ABSTRACT This contribution to the "Comments" section first introduces a metric designed to estimate the amount of attention given to different countries of the world in academia using Internet "term paper mills". This metric is used to introduce a call for the incorporation of more ...
A Service-Learning Project for Geography: Designing A Painted Playground Map of the United States for Elementary Schools
Sep 01, 2005; ... ABSTRACT Many student geography organizations or clubs associated with colleges and universities undertake community service projects each year to meet local needs and to gain recognition within the community. A uniquely geographical project of playground map painting provides a great ...
IN MEMORIAM
Sep 01, 2005; ... James M. Goodman 1929 - 2004 Professor Emeritus of Geography University of Oklahoma James M. 'Jim' Goodman was a valuable contributor to geography and geography education throughout his forty-year academic career. Professor Goodman was a life-long educator with a passion ...
Paper versus Pixel: Effectiveness of Paper versus Electronic Maps To Teach Map Reading Skills in an Introductory Physical Geography Course
Sep 01, 2005; ... ABSTRACT This article addresses the lack of outcome-based research on the integration of technology into pedagogy at the undergraduate college level. It describes a study performed at a Midwestern university, testing the relative effectiveness of paper and electronic topographic maps for ...
Video Analysis of Map-drawing Strategies
Sep 01, 2005; ... ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to identify and analyze the mapping strategies of individuals by videotaping participants during a cognitive mapping test and by conducting follow-up interviews. Analyzing map-drawing processes using videotapes provided more information than did ...
Back to the Basics: Birmingham, Alabama, Measurement and Scale
Sep 01, 2005; ... ABSTRACT Back to the Basics: Birmingham, Alabama is the fourth in a series of workshops that focus on teaching foundational map reading and spatial differentiation skills. It is the second published exercise from the Back to the Basics series developed by the Wetland Education through ...