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Osborne, Zachary M.; van de Gevel, Saskia L.; Eck, Montana A.; Sugg, Margaret – Journal of Geography, 2020
K-12 geography education is often grouped with other subjects, limiting student exposure to geospatial technology and geographic inquiry. We explored the implementation of geospatial technology in North Carolina K-12 schools through a forty-four-question survey. Educators shared their teaching methods, geospatial technology integration, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geographic Information Systems, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Cravey, Altha J.; Petit, Michael – Journal of Geography, 2014
This article focuses on the video documentary "The Virgin Appears in La Maldita Vecindad" as an example of critical, creative geographic media literacy and pedagogy. Conducting research through media production in the video documentary form can constitute a powerful pedagogical tool across three registers: making a video documentary…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Geography Instruction, Video Technology, Documentaries
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Schroeder, Kathleen; Wood, Cynthia; Galiardi, Shari; Koehn, Jenny – Journal of Geography, 2009
This article presents the results from a research project on the host community impact of college students participating in university-sponsored international experiences. It finds that little reliable data is available on the impact that our students have on host communities. The article concludes that nondamaging international experiences…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Study Abroad, International Education, College Students
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Bragg, Richelle Rae; McWilliams, Micki – Journal of Geography, 1989
Focuses on a video pen pal program between seventh- and eighth-grade classes in North Carolina and Alabama. This exchange is structured around the objectives of developing an understanding of the fundamentals of geography, an analysis of information about the local area, and a recognition that geography differs from place to place. (KO)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Class Activities, Exchange Programs, Geographic Concepts
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Weaver, David C. – Journal of Geography, 1998
Employs a graphical analysis evaluating the evolution of the transportation network in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain sections of Georgia and the Carolinas. Concludes that transport expansion appears to support the general parameters of the ideal-typical sequence model and provides useful material for instruction related to the national standards…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Geography, Geography Instruction, Graphs