2015 National Conference on Geography Education Preliminary Program

11:00 am - 12:15 pm Saturday, August 8
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Paper Session: Spatial Thinking
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Understanding Space or just Spaced Out: The Development of a Spatial Thinking Course
Module for GIS Students
Lisa Mavar Stanich, Lakeland Community College
This presentation discusses the development of a Spatial Thinking Course Module at Lakeland
Community College in Kirtland, Ohio being piloted this summer. The Module tries to bring
students up to speed on the spatial thinking skills many desperately need as they begin the GIS
program.
Education on Organization, Access, and Use of Geographic Information
Wade Bishop, University of Tennessee
The paper presents findings from a curricular research collaboration funded by the Institute
of Museum and Library Services to create graduate programs in Information Science about
geographic information, its special properties and how it is accessed, processed and used in
roles related to data curation, preservation, and metadata creation. Co-author not in attendance:
Tony Grubesic
Rayburn
Morocco’s Arab Spring Break
9:30 am - 10:45 am
Greg Hill, Horn High School
Morocco, with its richness and complexities, as well as centuries old traditions avoided much of the
problems of the Arab Spring. Traveling with a group of teachers to Morocco with the Dallas World
Affairs Council and American-Morocco Alliance last summer the geography, history and culture of
Morocco will be the topic of the session. Teachers will learn content and receive lessons to use in
their classrooms.
State
Pakistan, South Sudan, and St. George, Louisiana: Geographic Challenges of
Creating New Nations, States, and Communities
9:30 am - 10:45 am
Sheila Sundar, The Southern History Project
Participants will develop the knowledge and tools to teach the above Southern History Project
curriculum, examining domestic and global debates over border demarcation. Participants will identify
locally relevant challenges related to community borders and resources, placing these in the context
of 20th century debates over the creation of new nation states.
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