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Murchison, Stuart B. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
Geographic information systems (GIS) are a major component of the geospatial sciences, which are also composed of geostatistical analysis, remote sensing, and global positional satellite systems. These systems can be integrated into GIS for georeferencing, pattern analysis, visualization, and understanding spatial concepts that transcend…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, National Security, Emergency Programs, Higher Education
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Chikkatur, Anita – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2006
It's a hot day in July. The author finds herself in a university classroom in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, listening as an Achenese elementary school teacher narrates a children's story. As the teacher breaks into song in the middle of the story, the 20 other teachers in the classroom join in. The author is awed by their talents and thinks about how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Natural Disasters