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Advancing GIS Education Research

http://edgis.org/research. Advancing GIS Education Research. Thomas R. Baker, Ph.D. ESRI Education Team http://edcommunity.esri.com/research. Advancing GIS Ed Research. http://edgis.org/research. What is GIS Education Research?

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Advancing GIS Education Research

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  1. http://edgis.org/research Advancing GIS Education Research Thomas R. Baker, Ph.D. ESRI Education Team http://edcommunity.esri.com/research

  2. Advancing GIS Ed Research http://edgis.org/research • What is GIS Education Research? • A focus on learning with spatial data, spatial analysis methods, and GIS tools. • Student attitude and achievement. • Teacher training and professional development • UI and Interaction development

  3. Advancing GIS Ed Research http://edgis.org/research • The community: • About 40 researchers from academia, industry, and private organizations. Group is open but meetings are by invitation. • Focused on better understanding GIS and geotechnologies in education. • Applications of geotechnologies to student learning, include spatial thinking.

  4. Advancing GIS Ed Research http://edgis.org/research • Projects: • A Call To Action Papers – to recruit • Publication pathways for publishing new, original research and meta-analyses • Professional development opportunities for participating researchers

  5. Example, Teacher Training:K-12 GIS National Training Survey Baker, Kerksi, Palmer Forthcoming - NGCE Journal of Geography • A 2004 online survey of K-12 educators who attended GIS training • Self-reported (n=186) data suggest a few modest, yet significant changes in assessment and instructional patterns. • Barriers to GIS implementation are still present: time for teachers, variable student skills, and software complexity. • And much more….

  6. Advancing GIS Ed Research http://edgis.org/research • Join us online at: • http://edgis.org/research • Also see • http://edcommunity.esri.com/research

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