This unit was reviewed by Alan Jenkins, Oxford Brooks University, UK.

This unit is part of the NCGIA Core Curriculum in Geographic Information Science. These materials may be used for study, research, and education, but please credit the author, David J. Unwin and the project, NCGIA Core Curriculum in GIScience. All commercial rights reserved.  Copyright 1997 by David J. Unwin.

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This section is not typical of the other sections of the curriculum in that it is primarily directed at instructors intending to use the Core Curriculum as a resource in their own curriculum design, rather than as materials to teach with.  However, the materials might be used directly by instructors teaching the methodology of geographical education as part of an education elective within higher education.  The materials draw heavily on standard educational literature, notably Brown G and M. Atkins (1988) Effective Teaching in Higher Education (London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.).  Additional components related directly to teaching within a geography curriculum can be obtained from Gold, J.R. et al., (1991) Teaching Geography in Higher Education: a manual of good practice (Oxford: Basil Blackwell Ltd.).

There are two units which together comprise the "Teaching GIS" section.

Units in this section

• Curriculum design for GIS (Unit 159)
• Introduction
• Curriculum as a system
• Curriculum design methodologies
• Some dilemmas for GIS curriculum design
• Conclusion: What does a good curriculum look like?

•  Teaching and learning GIS in laboratories (Unit 160)
• Introduction: the laboratory class
• Styles of laboratory work
• Types of GIS laboratory class
• Setting up the laboratory

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