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ERIC Number: EJ466109
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1056-6325
Teaching Geography: The World Really Is Getting Smaller.
Ruff, Thomas; Hansen, J. Merell
Social Studies Review, v32 n1 p39-47 Fall 1992
Reviews the efforts to improve K-12 geography instruction in the past 2 decades. Identifies current projects and their characteristics. Asserts that geographic literacy is even more necessary in a economically and socially interdependent world. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Design, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography, Geography Instruction, Nationalism, Outcomes of Education, Social Studies
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: American Association of Geographers; National Assessment of Educational Progress; National Council for Geographic Education; National Geographic Society