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Lane, Rod; Coutts, Pamela – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2012
While Shulman argues that an important component of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is teachers' understanding of the alternative conceptions commonly held by students, relatively little is known about what students believe about many topics in the school curriculum. This paper focuses on a content area typically featured in Geography…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Geography Instruction, Natural Disasters, Weather
Viadero, Debra – Education Week, 2006
Classmates at Reservoir High School sometimes call Dalyn Jones and Anthea Fields the "Katrina chicks." Left homeless by the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, both teenagers migrated from the New Orleans area to Maryland in September of 2006. They met for the first time here when they showed up on the same day to register for 9th…
Descriptors: High School Students, Refugees, Personal Narratives, Natural Disasters