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Chi Tex Globalization
This document discusses geography education in the era of globalization and how to help students understand an increasingly interconnected world. It argues that teachers should (1) provide geographic information, (2) teach geographic concepts, (3) use data, maps and geospatial technology, and (4) ask questions that encourage spatial thinking in order to develop students' geographic literacy. The document emphasizes that while globalization has increased connections between people and places, geography still matters because place, location and spatial relationships help explain why things are where they are.
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- 1. Geography Education in theEra of Globalization: Answering the Questions that Matter Seth Dixon Rhode Island College @ProfessorDixon #APHG geographyeducation.org
- 2. What is theTruth about the World? The Brandt Line
- 3. Globalization • People &places are increasingly interconnected Global village? Corporate tyranny?
- 4. Globalization-Not just economic •Social • Political • Economic • Environmental • Demographic
- 5. What makes ourmodern world? Standardization – containerization https://geographyeducation.org/2015/01/15/enabling-globalization-the-container/
- 6. The truth…if youalways lived in San Diego
- 7. Truths can bespatially contingent • How far from your school do you live? • What time is it?
- 8. Truths can bescale-dependent • Where are you from? • Is overpopulation a problem in North America?
- 9. Communication and Travel: Time-SpaceCompression
- 10. Globalization has madethe world ‘flat’ • Geography has been conquered • Place is increasingly less relevant
- 11. Place still matters •What is where? • Why there? • Why care? Distance and Time
- 12. Global News DemandsGeographic Context https://geographyeducation.org/tag/syria/
- 13. Diverse cultural understandingneeded • Army training
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- 15. What does goodgeography teaching look like?
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- 17. How to helpstudents understand a complex interconnected world? Provide geographic information Teach geographic concepts Use data, maps, and geospatial technology Ask questions which encourage spatial thinking. Geographic Literacy
- 18. 1. Provide geographicinformation
- 19. Environmental changes require holistic,systemic thinking
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- 21. 2. Teach geographicconcepts
- 22. What does thismap show about the spatial distribution of African Americans in the U.S.?
- 24. 3. Use data,maps, and geospatial technology
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- 26. Regions are increasinglyconnected
- 27. Geography integrates SocialStudies
- 28. 4. Ask questionswhich encourage spatial thinking. How is this a “human” landscape?
- 29. ee Boeing 787 assemblyplant in Everett, Washington How is this representative of globalization?
- 30. A spatial perspectiveis not just for geographers
- 31. The global becomeslocal
- 32. How to helpstudents understand a complex interconnected world? Provide geographic information Teach geographic concepts Use data, maps, and geospatial technology Ask questions which encourage spatial thinking. Geographic Literacy Seth Dixon Rhode Island College @ProfessorDixon #APHG geographyeducation.org
Editor's Notes
- #2 Strengthening Geographic Content in the Classroom Many efforts to strengthen geography education focus on altering the standards at the district, state and national levels. Sustained improvement in geographic content in the classroom needs to start with teachers and pre-service teachers, where that actual teaching happens. Practical ideas for teachers to strengthen geography education in their classrooms will be presented.
- #10 What is changing the world?
- #11 World has changed and geographic factors aren’t what they used to be…Truth is both spatially AND temporally contingent. But different doesn’t mean irrelevant. globalization makes place increasingly important---many think that geography is being conquered by transportation and communications technologies in this era of globalization rendering geography increasingly irrelevant as we move forward. Nothing could be further from the truth.
- #13 global news does not make sense without geographic context
- #14 appreciation for cultural diversity is critical for global business
- #16 Strengthening Geographic Content in the Classroom Many efforts to strengthen geography education focus on altering the standards at the district, state and national levels. Sustained improvement in geographic content in the classroom needs to start with teachers and pre-service teachers, where that actual teaching happens. Practical ideas for teachers to strengthen geography education in their classrooms will be presented.
- #20 environmental changes require holistic thinking about place
- #22 Geographic thinking can unite and synthesize all the social studies
- #28 The cultural is political. The demographic is economic. The urban and the rural are not mutually exclusive.
- #29 A Union Pacific freight train passes between windmills on January 17, 2010 near of Palm Springs, California.
- #33 Strengthening Geographic Content in the Classroom Many efforts to strengthen geography education focus on altering the standards at the district, state and national levels. Sustained improvement in geographic content in the classroom needs to start with teachers and pre-service teachers, where that actual teaching happens. Practical ideas for teachers to strengthen geography education in their classrooms will be presented.