250 Pages
by
CRC Press
256 Pages
by
CRC Press
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In a relatively short time Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have spread from being primarily a research tool to higher and subsequently secondary education, and from the researcher to the user. GIS: A Sourcebook for Schools is an easily accessible guide to GIS at an elementary level and provides sufficient background in GIS to ensure a comprehensive working knowledge of the subject. It is... Read more
Preface - Green. Chapter 1: Introduction - Green. Chapter 2: Geographical Information in Schools - Past, Present and Future - Page, Williams and Rhind. Chapter 3: You Don't Necessarily Need a Computer - Green. Chapter 4: GIS in Schools: Infrastructure, Methodology and Role - Fitzpatrick and Maguire. Chapter 5: Teaching with GIS in Ontario's Secondary Schools - Sharpe and Crechiolo. Chapter 6: GIS in Secondary School Geography Curricula - Oliver. Chapter 7: Geographical Information Systems: An Introduction for Students - Brown. Chapter 8: Expanding a Corporate GIS into an Authorities High Schools - Gill and Roberts. Chapter 9: Another School for Thought: Introducing GIS to a Secondary School Geography Department - Walker. Chapter 10: GIS and Remote Sensing in Primary and Secondary Education: rationale, Strategies and Didactics - Biilmann. Chapter 11: The Role of Arcview and Map Explorer in a Corporate GIS Environment - McCall. Chapter 12: Geography, GIS and the Internet - Green. Chapter 13: Tailoring GIS Courses for Employment - Gould. Chapter 14: GIS-Education in Germany - A Survey and Some Comments - Bill. Chapter 15: Epilogue: The Future - Green. Glossary of Terms. Reading List. Useful Web Addresses.
Biography
David R. Green is currently a lecturer in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems in The Centre for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science at The University of Aberdeen
