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Kalafsky, Ronald V.; Conner, Neil – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2015
Global supply chains play an increasingly important role in the economy and should therefore be addressed within geography coursework, especially given concerns that geographers have not fully explored various angles of globalization. This article explores the use of an online case study on supply chains and their vulnerability to natural…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Natural Disasters, Case Studies, Surveys
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Musacchio, Gemma; Lanza, Tiziana; D'Addezio, Giuliana – Journal of Education and Learning, 2015
The present paper describes an experience of science theatre addressed to children of primary and secondary school, with the main purpose of making them acquainted with a topic, the interior of the Earth, largely underestimated in compulsory school curricula worldwide. A not less important task was to encourage a positive attitude towards natural…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Natural Disasters
Kreutzer, Kim – Forum on Education Abroad, 2012
In the summer of 2011, the Forum on Education Abroad conducted its fourth State of the Field Survey. This survey is an annual or biannual assessment of the very latest trends and issues in the field of education abroad. As in the past, questions on new topics have been combined with questions that have been asked on previous State of the Field…
Descriptors: Committees, Crisis Management, Web Sites, Natural Disasters
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Blanchard-Boehm, R. Denise; Cook, M. Jeffrey – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2004
In July 1997, on the 10th anniversary of the great "Black Friday" Tornado, city officials of Edmonton, the print and broadcast media, agencies dealing in emergency management, and the national weather organisation recounted stories of the 1987, F5 tornado that struck Edmonton on a holiday weekend. The information campaign also presented…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, City Government, Public Education, Risk