ABSTRACT

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 written specifically for schoolteachers looking to incorporate GIS into the secondary school curriculum, and will be the essential textbook for all those wishing to gain an introduction to a working knowledge of GIS.
The book contains everything that a teacher wanting to implement GIS into the curriculum would need, including glossary of terms, explanation of the fundamentals, definitions and further reading. No other book will be quite as useful as this one.

chapter 1|4 pages

GIS in school education

An introduction

chapter |21 pages

Association for Geographic Information

chapter 2|8 pages

Geographical information in schools

Past, present and future

chapter 3|22 pages

GIS in school education: you don’t necessarily need a microcomputer

You don’t necessari ly need a microcomputer

chapter |6 pages

Conclusions

chapter 4|1 pages

GIS in schools: infrastructure, methodology and role

Infrastructure, methodology and

chapter |10 pages

Defining GIS

chapter C|2 pages

hapter 7 Geographical Information Systems

An introduction for students

chapter |13 pages

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chapter |6 pages

Project aims

chapter |1 pages

References

chapter 9|10 pages

Another school of thought

Introducing GIS to a secondary school geography department

chapter 10|7 pages

GIS and remote sensing in primary and secondary education

Rationale, strategies and didactics

chapter |1 pages

References

chapter 12|4 pages

Geography, GIS and the Internet

chapter |12 pages

Interactive mapping

chapter |1 pages

Call for f lexibil ity

chapter 14|2 pages

GIS education in Germany

A survey and some comments

chapter |6 pages

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chapter |1 pages

Conclusions

chapter |2 pages

GIS in school education

An epilogue

chapter |1 pages

References

chapter |22 pages

Glossary

chapter |4 pages

Reading l ist

chapter |4 pages

Useful Web Addresses