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Welcome to Geography 8040: Seminar in Geographic Education!

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How can geographic education contribute towards the development of civic-minded, critical thinkers, who are able to use spatial skills to address pressing human and physical problems at a local, state, and international scale? That is the question that geographic educators must constantly answer and reinforce as a means of reinforcing the relevance and necessity of geography as an academic discipline.  
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The modern teaching of geography blends academic research with best practices. With heightened emphasis on the use of geospatial technologies and real-world data, geography encourages students to build their knowledge of the physical and human processes that shape our planet through inquiry-based approaches. This course investigates modern theory and how those translate into best-practices to develop engaging and meaningful learning experiences for students in which students are active in the process of “doing” geography. 

This course is not meant to be all encompassing, rather it’s primary purpose is to encourage students to evaluate the role of both student and teacher in the learning process, and prepare students with the skills and knowledge they will need to be the “spatially competent” and “civic minded” that state and national initiatives demand.
GEOG 8040 Syllabus - Seminar in Geography Education (Revised Summer 2021)
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Week 1 - A Unique Spatial Perspective

Module 1.1 - Thinking Geographically: Teaching Spatially
     June 1, 2021 
Direct Instruction/Discussion: 
Teaching Students to Think Like a Geographer
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Activity
Writing a Unit Plan or Lesson Plan for a Geography Course 
Lesson Plan Format
Exemplar Lesson Plan: Urbanization and Salt Creek Tiger Beetle
Resource Review
Unit Plan Format
Exemplar Unit Plan - Mapping Minnesota
TAMU - Course Design Cycle

Required Readings

Teaching Geography Gersmehl (2014) “Chapter 1: One Perspective: A Way of Looking at the World”
Kerski - Why Geographic Education Matters(2011)
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Related Materials

Jimmy Kimmel - How many Americans know where North Korea is?
NCSS - High Stakes Tests: How are Social Studies Teachers Responding?
CFR: A Survey on Global Literacy
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NGS: State of Geography Education Report
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Sample Curriculum - OPS Human Geography
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Module 1.2 - Perspectives of Geography (Human, Physical, Regional)
     June 4, 2021 

Required Readings

Teaching Geography Gersmehl (2014) “Chapter 2: Two Blades of a
Scissors Regional and Topical Geography” 

​Additional Readings

Debates in Geography Education Hawley, D. (2013) “What is the rightful place of physical geography?” 
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Teaching Geography Gersmehl (2014) “Chapter 4: Four Cornerstones; Foundation ideas of Geography” 
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Murphy (2014) “Geography's Crosscutting Themes: Golden Anniversary Reflections on "The Four Traditions of Geography"
Discussion Questions
Week 1 Related Resources
National Geographic: Exploring Earth Systems with Models
Open Textbook: World Regional Geography: People, Places, Globalization
TEACHING WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY THROUGH FILMS
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Week 2 - An Impactful Curriculum

Module 1.3 - Teaching to the Standards 
     June 7, 2021 ​
Discussion
Readings: Standards - Topical? Regional? Thematic?
Activity
Compare Nebraska State Social Studies Standards to C3 & GENIP
Direct Instruction
Unpacking Geography Education Standards
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Required Readings

Teaching Geography Gersmehl (2014) “Chapter 5: Five Themes:
Meeting the Standards” 

​Additional Readings

Geography For Life Heffron and Downs (2012) "National Geography Standards"
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Nebraska Department of Education (2019) "Nebraska State Social Studies Standards"
Related Materials
C3 Framework for Social Studies
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Danger of a Single Story
GENIP - Geographic Skills Index
NAEP - Geography Overview
Module 1.4 - Rigor and Student Engagement
     June 11, 2021 ​

Required Readings

Spatial Citizenship Education Lambert D. (2019) “Chapter 3: Geography, Capabilities, and the Educated Person” 

​Additional Readings

Bednarz (2016) “Placing Advanced Placement® Human Geography: Its Role in U.S. Geography Education"
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Debates in Geography Education Lyon, J. (2013) “Chapter 16: How does geography contribute to ‘employability’?” 
Discussion Questions

Week 3 - Engaging Students in a Geographic Classroom

Module 1.5 - Teaching with Geospatial Technologies
​     June 14, 2021 
Direct Instruction
Guest Speaker - Dr. Joseph Kerski (esri)
Discussion
Readings: The Place & Value of GIS in Geography Education
Activities
Examining Available Esri Geoinquiries
Strategies and Suggestions for Using GIS in a Geography Classroom

Required Readings

Spatial Citizenship Education Baker et al. (2019) “Chapter 8: Geotechnologies and the Spatial Citizen” 

​Additional Readings

Johansson (2003) “GIS in Teacher Education- Facilitating GIS Applications in Secondary School Geography”
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Bednarz (2004) “Geographic information systems: A tool to support geography and environmental education?”
Related Materials
ESRI Education
ESRI - Teach with GIS
University Consortium for Geographic Information Science
Google Earth Education
Module 1.6 - Teaching Students to "do" Geography with Skills
     June 18, 2021 

Required Readings

Teaching Geography​ Gersmehl (2014) “Chapter 6: Spatial Thinking: Geographic Skills”

​Additional Readings

Enser M. (2021) “Powerful Geography – Chapter 9: Doing Geography”
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Pawson (2006) “Problem-based learning in geography: towards a critical assessment of its purposes, benefits and risks”
Discussion Questions

Week 4 - Guiding Growth in a Geography Classroom

Module 1.7 - Guiding Instruction: the Geoinquiry Framework
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     June 21, 2021
Direct Instruction
The National Geographic Geoinquiry Framework

Required Readings

National Geographic: Geoinquiry Educators Guide
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Activity
Brainstorming Activity:
​   - Topics for geoinquiry in Physical, Human, or Regional Geography courses

​Additional Readings

Module 1.8 - Teaching for Impact: Contributing to Civic Education
     June 25, 2021

Required Readings

Spatial Citizenship Education Schlemper and Stewart (2019) “Chapter 7: Cultivating Student Citizens” 

​Additional Readings

Spatial Citizenship Education Hinde E. R. (2019) “Chapter 9: Informed Citizenry Starts in Preschool and Elementary Grades-and with Geography” 
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Spatial Citizenship Education Bednarz & Bednarz (2019) “Chapter 5: Citizenship Education in a Spatially Enhanced World”
Discussion Questions

Week 5 - Supporting Geographic Educators

Module 1.9 - Getting Teachers and Students in the Field
     June 28, 2021
Activity
Using Survey 123 in the Field (Link)
Reading a Cultural Landscape
Direct Instruction
Traveling as a Teaching Tool
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Required Readings

Debates in Geography Education Kinder, A. (2013) “What is the contribution to fieldwork to school geography?” 

​Additional Readings

Spatial Citizenship Education Kenreich T. (2019) “Chapter 6: Rediscovering the local”
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Hope (2009) “The importance of direct experience: a philosophical defence of fieldwork in human geography”
Module 1.10 - Giving Educators the Tools to be Successful
     July 2, 2021

Required Readings

Teaching Geography​​ Gersmehl (2014) “Chapter 9: A Multi-wheeled Cart: Supporting Teachers”

​Additional Readings

Spatial Citizenship Education ​Schmidt S. (2019) “Chapter 4: The Spatial
Production and Navigation of Vulnerable Citizens” 
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Bednarz, Stoltman, & Lee (2004) “Preparing Geography Teachers in the United States”
Discussion Questions

Week 6 - Guiding Learning and Life Skills

Module 1.11 - Assessment in Geographic Education
     July 5, 2021
Activity
Activity - Writing an effective examination
​Tutorial   - Revising the Rubric
   - Skill based-Grading System
      + Basic, Intermediate, advanced, expert
​   - Importance of Feedback
Direct Instruction
Guest Speaker - Dr. Kelly Swanson
Assessment Writing (Swanson)
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APHG Exam Review (Swanson)
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Required Readings

Teaching Geography Gersmehl (2014) “Chapter 7: Three Kinds of Tests for Three Kinds of Meaning”

​Additional Readings

Debates in Geography Education Weeden, P. (2013) “How do we link assessments to making progress in geography?”
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​Debates in Geography Education Digby, B. (2013) “Examining Geography: What geography is examined in schools and colleges?” 

Related Materials

Module 1.12 - Geographic Education in the Post-Truth Era
     July 9, 2021​

Required Readings

Lambert & Morgan (2010) “Chapter 11: Geography, media and education”

​Additional Readings

Alderman (2018) “Time for a Radical Geographic Literacy in Trump America”
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Debates in Geography Education Rawding C. (2013) “How does geography adapt to changing times“ 
Discussion Questions

Week 7 - Change and Further Development within Geographic Education

Module 1.13 - Challenges of a Broad Curriculum
     July 12, 2021​
Direct Instruction/Activity
Areas of Special Consideration
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Required Readings

Debates in Geography Education Mitchell, D. (2013) “Chapter 17: How do we deal with controversial issues in a ‘relevant’ school Geography?”
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Kerski (2020) - Teaching About Racial Equality and Social Justice Using GIS

​Additional Readings

Spatial Citizenship Education Shin E. E. (2019) “Chapter 11: Spatial Citizenship in Geography/Social Studies Teacher Education” 
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Lambert & Morgan (2010) “Chapter 9: Cultural understanding and Diversity: Promoting community cohesion?”
Related Materials
Hechinger Report - Should teachers be apolitical?
Module 1.14 - Research in Geographic Education
     July 16, 2021​

Required Readings

Kerr et al. (2013) “Teacher education and geography: Research perspectives”

​Additional Readings

Brooks (2010) “Why Geography Teachers’ subject Expertise Matters”
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Wilson, Floden, & Ferrini-Mundy (2001) “Teacher Preparation Research: Current Knowledge, Gaps and Recommendations”
Discussion Questions

Week 8 - Geography Onward

Module 1.15 - Leading the Revolution in Geographic Education
     July 19, 2021​
Direct Instruction
Global Competency in Geographic Education
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Required Readings

Teaching Geography Gersmehl (2014) “Chapter 8: Geography in the Curriculum: Surviving Top-Down Education Reform”

​Additional Readings

Lambert & Morgan (2010) “Chapter 12: A mind for the future”
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​Boehm et al. (2018) “The Rise of Powerful geography”
Related Materials
Geography 2050
Project GeoSpatial
Module 1.16 - Work on Unit Plans
     July 23, 2021​

Required Readings

​Additional Readings


Week 9 - 

Module 1.17 - Presentations
     July 26, 2021​


General Course Resources

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National Council for Social Studies - College, Career, and Civic Life Framework for Social Studies
​Geography Education National Implementation Project (GENIP)
Nebraska State Social Studies Standards
Geographyeducation.org
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