New Book: Geospatial Technologies and Geography Education in a Changing World: Geospatial Practices and Lessons Learned
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TomBaker
New Book: Geospatial Technologies and Geography Education in a Changing World: Geospatial Practices and Lessons LearnedEditors: Osvaldo Muniz Solari, Ali Demirci, Joop van der Schee
This book is an initiative presented by the Commission on Geographical Education of the International Geographical Union. It focuses particularly on what has been learned from geospatial projects and research from the past decades of implementing geospatial technologies (GST) in formal and informal education. The objective of this publication is to inform an international audience of teachers, professionals, scholars, and policymakers about the state of the art and prospects of geospatial practices (GPs) as organized activities that use GST and lessons learned in relation to geographical education. GST make up an advanced body of knowledge developed by practitioners of geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing (RS), global positioning systems, (GPS), and digital cartography (DC).
GST have long been applied in many different sectors; however, their first use in higher education began in the early 1980s and then diffused to secondary schools during the 1990s. Starting with GIS and RS, it evolved into a much broader context, as GST expanded to include GPS and DC with new communication technologies and Internet applications. GST have been used around the world as a combination of tools and special techniques to make research, teaching, and learning more effective.
Contributors include Joop van der Schee, Sarah Bednarz, Niem Tu Huynh, Thomas Jekel, Lara Bryant, Karl Donert, Tom Baker, Joseph Kerski, Reed Perkins, Jung Eun Hong, Bob Sharpe, Injeong Jo, Marsha Alibrandi, and several others.
Springer link with Table of Contents:http://www.springer.com/us/book/9784431555186
Hard cover version:http://www.amazon.com/Geospatial-Technologies-Geography-Education-Changing/dp/4431555188
Kindle version:http://www.amazon.com/Geospatial-Technologies-Geography-Education-Changing-ebook/dp/B014QSZ3US/ref=t...=
This book is an initiative presented by the Commission on Geographical Education of the International Geographical Union. It focuses particularly on what has been learned from geospatial projects and research from the past decades of implementing geospatial technologies (GST) in formal and informal education. The objective of this publication is to inform an international audience of teachers, professionals, scholars, and policymakers about the state of the art and prospects of geospatial practices (GPs) as organized activities that use GST and lessons learned in relation to geographical education. GST make up an advanced body of knowledge developed by practitioners of geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing (RS), global positioning systems, (GPS), and digital cartography (DC).
GST have long been applied in many different sectors; however, their first use in higher education began in the early 1980s and then diffused to secondary schools during the 1990s. Starting with GIS and RS, it evolved into a much broader context, as GST expanded to include GPS and DC with new communication technologies and Internet applications. GST have been used around the world as a combination of tools and special techniques to make research, teaching, and learning more effective.
Contributors include Joop van der Schee, Sarah Bednarz, Niem Tu Huynh, Thomas Jekel, Lara Bryant, Karl Donert, Tom Baker, Joseph Kerski, Reed Perkins, Jung Eun Hong, Bob Sharpe, Injeong Jo, Marsha Alibrandi, and several others.
Springer link with Table of Contents:http://www.springer.com/us/book/9784431555186
Hard cover version:http://www.amazon.com/Geospatial-Technologies-Geography-Education-Changing/dp/4431555188
Kindle version:http://www.amazon.com/Geospatial-Technologies-Geography-Education-Changing-ebook/dp/B014QSZ3US/ref=t...=