Overview

This book addresses new pedagogies focusing on the use of geospatial technologies and geomedia in the classroom. Today, geospatial technologies are substantially influencing geography teaching and learning, particularly in secondary education. Web-GIS, virtual globes, storytelling, maps and apps for mobile devices are transforming the nature and design of geography curricula, instructional processes, didactics, resources and assessments. Undoubtedly, geography is among those school subjects that have benefited most from the implementation of new technologies in the classroom. Geospatial technologies can be used to develop inquiry-based learning or project-based learning pedagogies and help students to acquire spatial reasoning and spatial citizenship skills in the context of education for sustainable development. This book highlights a range of initiatives, projects and educational practices – from several European countries and settings – related to geospatial challenges in geography education. Given its scope, it will be equally appealing to scientists, students and teachers of geography and other fields using geospatial technologies and geomedia.

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Author:   Rafael de Miguel González ,  Karl Donert ,  Kostis Koutsopoulos
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2019
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783030177850

ISBN 10:   3030177858
Pages:   219
Publication Date:   05 June 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I: Spatial thinking and web-GIS. Chapter 1: Infusing Educational Practice with Web GIS (Joseph J. Kerski and Thomas R. Baker) Chapter 2: Spatial Thinking Ability Acquisition through Geospatial Technologies for Lifelong Learning (Alfonso García de la Vega) Chapter 3: Geospatial thinking learning lines in secondary education: The GI Learner project (Luc Zwartjes and Maria Luisa de Lázaro y Torres) Chapter 4: Relational geospatial technologies and geospatial challenges of the XXI century (Viktor Chabaniuk and Leonid Rudenko) Part II: Geospatial technologies for education in non-formal contexts Chapter 5: YouthMetre: open data to empower young people and to engage youth people in democracy and policy making (Karl Donert, Rafael de Miguel González and Alessio Luppi) Chapter 6: Contributions from Informal Geography to close the gap in Geographic Information communication in a digital world(Gerson Beltrán and Jorge del Río) Chapter 7: EarthCaching as a possible way to raise environmental awareness? (Stefanie Zecha) Chapter 8: Teaching geospatial competences  by digital activities and e-learning. Experiences in geography, journalism and outdoor education (José Jesús Delgado Peña y María Purificación Subires Mancera) Part III: Geospatial technologies for education: practices and case studies Chapter 9: Using computer games to mitigate disaffected emotions in the geography classroom. Lessons learned from small-scale research on teaching sustainable spatial planning with Minecraft (Mark Opmeer, Anne Faber, Eduardo Simão da Graca Dias and Henk Scholten) Chapter 10: The Role of Geography and Geospatial Technologies in ‘Taking on the World’ (Mary Fargher) Chapter 11: Geographies of the Anthropocene: Geoethics and Disaster Risk Reduction tools applied to Mediterranean case studies (Francesco De Pascale, Sebastiano D’Amico, Loredana Antronico and Roberto Coscarelli) Chapter 12: GIS in secondary education in Hungary. Experiences in lessons and in a study group (Krisztina Dékány)

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This book is academic reading for someone who is interested in a more philosophical consideration of the value of geospatial technologies in geography education. ... some thought-provoking moments in reading this book and I have noted a few new ideas that I would like to investigate further. ... this book has reaffirmed my belief that Geography has a critical role in equipping students with skills and knowledge in geospatial technologies that can inform sustainable decision-making now and into the future. (Julian Woolhouse, Geographical Education, Vol. 33, 2020)

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