Curriculum design for GIS (159)

Instructors' Notes

This unit is not typical of the other units in the curriculum in that it is primarily directed at instructors intending to use the NCGIA Core Curriculum as a resource in their own curriculum design. Alternatively, 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.).