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McDougall, Walter A. – American Educator, 2001
It is important to learn geography, yet most Americans leave school functionally illiterate in geography. Geography is fundamental to student maturation, the process of true education, and it is a springboard to every other science and humanities subject. Knowledge of maps and geographical information is crucial to the examination of economic,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geographic Concepts, Geography Instruction, Higher Education
