Integrating geographic information systems into the secondary curricula

Journal of Geography

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 275-281

  Patterson, Mark W ^a   Reeve, Kay ^a   Page, Dan ^a  

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Author keywords

Gis; Secondary curriculum

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; GIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LEARNING; MAPPING;

EID: 1642447063     PISSN: 00221341     EISSN: 17526868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221340308978559     Document Type: Article

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