An overview of the essential philosophic and methodologic literature in English treating the discipline of geography. (Author)

This bibliography complements an earlier "Bibliography for Geographic Education," ED 092 435. The purpose of the bibliography is to provide a guide to the essential philosophical and methodologic literature in English treating the discipline of geography between 1950 and 1974. A useful reference for educators, students, curriculum…

The bibliography cites books, periodicals, and reports on geographic thought, philosophy, and methodology published between 1950-1973. Only items in English are listed. A useful reference for educators, students, curriculum developers, and professional geographers, the bibliography begins with an introduction in which the compiler gives a succinct…

Presents an exercise, for use in college-level economic geography courses, which teaches the concept of nodal and network accessibility with an application to manufacturing locations. Intended to guide students to think spatially and to generalize from numeric data, this out-of-class activity teaches students to discover results, to do simple…

Discusses how instructors can design a local field trip for undergraduate students enrolled in an economic geography class. The purpose of the field trip is to help students observe and interpret familiar scenes in terms of geographical concepts such as central place theory, changing land use, and spatial competition. (RM)

Because economic geography is viewed as a field with too many different aspects for one person to master, teaching an introductory course in the subject poses the challenge of selecting an organizing theme. One specific approach, organized around higher level generalizations and theories, is the use of location theory. Coupling location theory…