Ten things higher education needs to know about GIS in primary and secondary education

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-133

  Bednarz, Sarah W ^a   Ludwig, Gail ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DIFFUSION; TEACHING;

EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; HIGH EDUCATIONS; K-12 EDUCATION; KEY FACTORS; PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; SCIENCE TEACHERS; SOCIAL STUDY; TEACHERS'; TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY TEACHING; GIS; SCIENCE; TEACHING APPROACH;

UK; USA;

EID: 0031429968     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.1997.tb00020.x     Document Type: Article

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