Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ485594
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1341
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The "Bete Noir" of Geographic Education: Teacher Training Programs.
Boehm, Richard G.; And Others
Journal of Geography, v93 n1 p21-25 Jan-Feb 1994
Contends that, despite recent successes, the geographic education community faces serious problems based on its failure to create and maintain strategies for effect preservice teacher education. Argues that a broad cooperative program involving teachers, school district officials, geographic educators, and the community is a potential remedy. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography, Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Leadership, National Standards, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Certification, Teacher Education Programs, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Policymakers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Goals 2000
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment of Educational Progress
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