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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Klein, Phil; Pawson, Eric; Solem, Michael; Ray, Waverly – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2014
This article considers approaches to promoting global perspectives as both cognitive and affective learning outcomes within geography education. Particular attention is paid to the work of Robert Hanvey, who proposed "An Attainable Global Perspective" in the 1970s, which explicitly ties to the content and perspectives embedded in…
Descriptors: Geography, Geography Instruction, Global Approach, Global Education
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Klein, Phil; Fatima, Munazza; McEwen, Lindsey; Moser, Susanne C.; Schmidt, Deanna; Zupan, Sandra – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2011
University-community partnerships offer synergistic spaces for communities to address difficulties and universities to meet their missions. Geographers are well positioned to participate in these partnerships, owing to the discipline's integrative nature, spatial perspectives and analytic approaches, and its attention to social and environmental…
Descriptors: Geography, College Faculty, Universities, School Community Relationship
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Klein, Phil; Solem, Michael – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2008
The Center for Global Geography Education (CGGE) is a set of online modules exploring geographic issues, which allow collaborative analysis and discussion between international teams of undergraduates. Using data from trials held in 10 countries, the modules' effectiveness in improving student understanding of geographic concepts and appreciation…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Geography, Geographic Concepts, Undergraduate Students
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Higgitt, David; Donert, Karl; Healey, Mick; Klein, Phil; Solem, Michael; Vajoczki, Sue – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2008
This paper is concerned with the role of international collaboration in the learning and teaching of geography in higher education. The dual aims are to provide a brief and selective review of the nature and range of international collaboration and to contextualize such observations within the internationalization project. It is argued that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Geography, International Cooperation, Teaching Methods
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Boyd, William E.; Healey, Ruth L.; Hardwick, Susan W.; Haigh, Martin; Klein, Phil; Doran, Bruce; Trafford, Julie; Bradbeer, John – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2008
This paper examines ethics in learning and teaching geography in higher education. It proposes a pathway towards curriculum and pedagogy that better incorporates ethics in university geography education. By focusing on the central but problematic relationships between (i) teaching and learning on the one hand and research on the other, and (ii)…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Geography, Ethics