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Integrating GIS with Geographic and Environmental Education into K-12: an Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development Entitled Studying the Environment of Eighteenmile Creek  

Chun, Bo-Ae (Department of Geography, The State University of New York at Buffalo)
Hong, Il-Young (Department of Geography, The State University of New York at Buffalo)
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Journal of the Korean Geographical Society / v.42, no.2, 2007 , pp. 295-313 More about this Journal
Abstract
Geography has played a role of serving as a bridge between the natural and social sciences for long time and can be an interdisciplinary framework. In this research, the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary approach centering on a geographical perspective in environmental education is presented. On this basis, a syllabus for seven 90-minute classes for the 8th grade is established under the topic of "Studying the Environment of Eighteenmile Creek." This interdisciplinary framework will be strengthened and vitalized through GIS, which plays an important role to make the geographic and environmental education more student-centered, active, and relevant to the world where we now live.
Keywords
geographic and environmental education; interdisciplinary curriculum; Geograhic Information Systems (GIS); curriculum development;
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