ERIC Number: EJ1369781
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0309-8265
EISSN: EISSN-1466-1845
Building Quantitative Literacy in Critical Human Geography Curriculum
Journal of Geography in Higher Education, v46 n4 p507-515 2022
This paper argues for increased attention to quantitative literacy in undergraduate critical human geography curriculum. The rationale is twofold: On the one hand, it is increasingly easy to integrate quantitative material into curriculum, given the widespread availability of open-source or low-cost platforms for interpreting data. On the other hand, it is increasingly important to develop quantitative literacy informed by critical theory in a political era of anti-science rhetoric and resurgent propaganda. The paper reviews recent scholarship on quantitative methods in critical human geography, highlighting a shift toward methodological pluralism in both research and pedagogy. This creates opportunities for enhancing human geography curriculum, for instance, by applying technical skills while thinking critically about the social construction of data. This is explored with a case study on quantitative exercises in introductory Human Geography curriculum at a public university in the United States, evaluating strategies for integrating critical spatial theory with quantitative data analysis, and tools for assessing the educational value added by their integration.
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Case Studies, Human Geography, Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods, Propaganda, Critical Thinking, State Universities, Critical Theory, Political Attitudes, Scientific Research, Introductory Courses, Census Figures, Geographic Information Systems
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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