Developing a Spatial Perspective: Using the Local Landscape To Teach Students to Think Geographically.

Hermann, Dan

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ERIC Number: EJ536776

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Publication Date: 1996

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Developing a Spatial Perspective: Using the Local Landscape To Teach Students to Think Geographically.

Hermann, Dan

Journal of Geography, v95 n4 p162-67 Jul-Aug 1996

Summarizes methods from a high school geography class that used examples from local geography to teach basic geographic concepts. Maintains that these illustrative examples can be used even in courses where the content is not local geography. Provides examples of local landscapes illustrating concepts applicable to the Brazilian rain forest. (MJP)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Community Characteristics, Geographic Concepts, Geography, Geography Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Innovation, Map Skills, Physical Geography, Secondary Education, Spatial Ability, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Students; Practitioners

Language: English

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