Where in the World?!? Local Schools Nationwide Map the Route to Revitalize Geography Instruction.

Goldman, Jay P.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Where in the World?!? Local Schools Nationwide Map the Route to Revitalize Geography Instruction.

Goldman, Jay P.

School Administrator, v47 n2 p8-13 Jan 1990

Since 1985, the National Geographic Society has assumed the major responsibility nationwide for teacher education in geography. This article discusses the society's alliance projects and various state efforts to develop ideas and resources for revitalizing geography instruction. Two sidebars test readers' geography IQ and detail Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's, dedication approach. (MLH)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction, Inservice Education, Professional Associations, State Action, Teacher Education, Teaching Methods

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