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ERIC Number: EJ576333
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1191-162X
"Pre-Service Teachers Explore Their Practicum Communities: Mapping & Graphing the Social Context of Schooling Using E-STAT."
Lundy, John E.
Canadian Social Studies, v32 n4 p130-33,140 Sum 1998
Details theoretical and practical uses for Statistics Canada's E-STAT CD-ROM in helping preservice teachers explore the local communities in which they are to teach. Claims that E-STAT allows users to learn mapping and graphing skills and to confront their preconceptions about particular locales. Notes possible uses in social studies instruction. (DSK)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Geography, Geography Instruction, Graphs, Map Skills, Preservice Teacher Education, Social Environment, Social Studies, Statistical Analysis, Statistics, Teacher Education
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada