Geospatial Technologies and Geography Education in a Changing World: Geospatial Practices and Lessons Learned PDF
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Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences Osvaldo Muñiz Solari · Ali Demirci Joop van der Schee Editors Geospatial Technologies and Geography Education in a Changing World Geospatial Practices and Lessons Learned Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences Series Editor Dr. R.B. Singh More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13113 AIMSANDSCOPE Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences synthesizes series diagnostigationandprognostication ofearthenvironment,incorporating challeng- ing interactive areas within ecological envelope of geosphere, biosphere, hydro- sphere, atmosphere and cryosphere. It deals with land use land cover change (LUCC), urbanization, energy flux, land-ocean fluxes, climate, food security, ecohydrology, biodiversity, natural hazards and disasters, human health and their mutualinteractionandfeedbackmechanisminordertocontributetowardssustain- able future. The geosciences methods range from traditional field techniques and conventional data collection, use of remote sensing and geographical information system,computeraidedtechniquetoadvancegeostatisticalanddynamicmodeling. Theseriesintegratepast,presentandfutureofgeosphericattributesincorporat- ing biophysical and human dimensions in spatio-temporal perspectives. The geosciences, encompassing land-ocean-atmosphere interaction is considered as a vital component in the context of environmental issues, especially in observation and prediction of air and water pollution, global warming and urban heat islands. It is important to communicate the advances in geosciences to increase resilience of society through capacity building for mitigating the impact of natural hazards and disasters.Sustainability ofhumansociety dependsstronglyonthe earth envi- ronment, and thus the development of geosciences is critical for a better under- standingofourlivingenvironment,anditssustainabledevelopment. Geoscience also has the responsibility to not confine itself to addressing current problems but it is also developing a framework to address future issues. In order to build a ’Future Earth Model’ for understanding and predicting the functioningofthewholeclimaticsystem,collaborationofexpertsinthetraditional earthdisciplinesaswellasinecology,informationtechnology,instrumentationand complex system is essential, through initiatives from human geoscientists. Thus human geosceince is emerging as key policy science for contributing towards sustainability/survivalitysciencetogetherwithfutureearthinitiative. Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences series publishes books thatcontainnovelapproachesintacklingissuesofhumangeoscienceinitsbroadest sense – books in the series should focus on true progress in a particular area or region.Theseriesincludesmonographsandeditedvolumeswithoutanylimitations inthepagenumbers. ~ Osvaldo Muniz Solari • Ali Demirci • Joop van der Schee Editors Geospatial Technologies and Geography Education in a Changing World Geospatial Practices and Lessons Learned Editors OsvaldoMu~nizSolari AliDemirci DepartmentofGeography DepartmentofGeography TexasStateUniversity FatihUniversity SanMarcos,TX,USA Istanbul,Turkey JoopvanderSchee FacultyofGeosciences UtrechtUniversity Utrecht,TheNetherlands FacultyofEarthandLifeSciences VUUniversityAmsterdam Amsterdam,TheNetherlands ISSN2198-3542 ISSN2198-3550 (electronic) AdvancesinGeographicalandEnvironmentalSciences ISBN978-4-431-55518-6 ISBN978-4-431-55519-3 (eBook) DOI10.1007/978-4-431-55519-3 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2015949261 SpringerTokyoHeidelbergNewYorkDordrechtLondon ©SpringerJapan2015 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpartof the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilarmethodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publicationdoesnotimply,evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesareexempt fromtherelevantprotectivelawsandregulationsandthereforefreeforgeneraluse. Thepublisher,theauthorsandtheeditorsaresafetoassumethattheadviceandinformationinthis book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained hereinorforanyerrorsoromissionsthatmayhavebeenmade. Printedonacid-freepaper SpringerJapanKKispartofSpringerScience+BusinessMedia(www.springer.com) Preface Within a few decades, computers and the Internet really have changed the world. Althougheducationisnotinthefrontlineofthisrevolution,itcannotlagbehind,as moderneducationshouldpreparestudentsfortheworldoftodayandtomorrow.For geographyeducationthedigitalrevolutionoffersmanyopportunities.Bothformal and informal expressions of learning are being influenced by geospatial technolo- gies. These technologies have the potential to enhance students’ twenty-first-cen- tury skills and can stimulate a new way of learning or at least offer better opportunitiestodevelophigher-orderthinkingskills.Moderngeospatialtechnolo- giescanhelplearnerstogainabetterviewoftheworldandprovideopportunities forlearnerstobetterunderstandtheplanetEarthandattempttoresolvegeograph- icalissues. Thisbookgivesanoverviewofthestateoftheartinthefieldwheregeospatial technologiesandgeographyeducationmeet.Geospatialpractices arepresentedas animportantmeansoflearningaboutandwiththesetechnologies.The17chapters ofthebookareorganizedinfivepartsthatdealwithatheoreticalbase,implemen- tationofgeospatialtechnologiesinformalandinformaleducation,thetraining of teachers,evaluationandassessment,andrecommendationsforthenearfuture. Geographytodaycannotstudygeographicalissuesandresolvethemwithoutan effective use of geospatial technologies. That is why geography education must incorporate their use and applications in formal education and informal learning abouttheEarth’sphenomena.TheCommissiononGeographicalEducationofthe International Geographical Union wants to reach a wide spectrum of people interested not only in geospatial technologies but also in geography education. Forthispurposeane-bookisalsoavailabletoallowpeoplefromdifferentpartsof theworldtobecomeinformedaboutouranalyses,propositions,andrecommenda- tions.Printcopiesofthisbookcertainlycanreachthelibrariesandcentersofstudy inseveralcountries;however,wewanttobesurethatthisbookalsoreachespeople, v vi Preface institutions,andcountrieswherescientificcontributionsaremoredifficulttoobtain through the traditional way of publishing. In order to complete this job, we encouragepeoplearoundtheworldtothinkofpossiblewaystotransferthisbody ofknowledgetotheircommunitiesindifferentlanguages.Thenoureffortwillbea totalsuccess,becausewewanttoofferthisbooktoallpeople. Texas,TX,USA OsvaldoMu~nizSolari Istanbul,Turkey AliDemirci Utrecht,TheNetherlands JoopvanderSchee Amsterdam,TheNetherlands Acknowledgments The editors would like to recognize the International Geographical Union Com- missiononGeographicalEducation(IGU-CGE)thatencouragedsomemembersto taketheroleofeditorsandguidethecreationofthisbook. TheeditorsextendtheirthankstoProf.R.B.Singh,vicepresidentofIGU,forhis assistanceinfacilitatingtheinitialprocessofsubmittingtheproposalforthisbook toSpringer. TheeditorialguidancebyMs.TaekoSatoinSpringerJapan’sEditorialDepart- ment is also acknowledged. Her assistance was very valuable as she provided adviceandsuggestionsduringthepreparationofthemanuscripts. Theauthorsofthechapterswerealwaysavailableandshowedgreatwillingness todevelopthemanuscriptsandrespondtothereviewprocessveryefficiently.The editors appreciated their commitment to this project, which we believe will be a goodcontributiontogeographyeducation. vii Contents 1 GeospatialTechnologyinGeographyEducation. . . . . .. . . . . . . .. 1 OsvaldoMu~nizSolari,AliDemirci,andJoopvanderSchee PartI GeospatialPractices.TheoreticalBackground 2 DigitalGeographyEducationintheTwenty-FirstCentury: NeedsandOpportunities. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 11 JoopvanderSchee,HenkTrimp,TineBe´neker,andTimFavier 3 SpatialThinkinginEducation:Concepts,Development, andAssessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 SandraK.Metoyer,SarahWithamBednarz,andRobertS.Bednarz 4 EducationforSpatialCitizenship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 ThomasJekel,IngaGryl,andUweSchulze PartII ImplementationofGeospatialTechnologiesinFormal EducationandInformalLearning 5 IntegratingGISandOtherGeospatialTechnologiesinMiddle Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 MarshaAlibrandiandDonnaGoldstein 6 GeospatialEducationinHighSchools:Curriculums, Methodologies,andPractices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Che-MingChenandYao-HuiWang 7 AppliedGeospatialTechnologiesinHigherEducation. . . . . . . . . . 77 ReedPerkins 8 PracticeofGeospatialTechnologiesinInformalLearning. . . . . . . 89 OsvaldoMu~nizSolariandMelodyCrenshaw ix
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