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Geography for Life: General Overview & Standard 1

Geography for Life: General Overview & Standard 1. Learning Progressions February 6-8, 2014. Geography for Life (1 of 3). The national geography standards were first published in 1994 by GENIP

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Geography for Life: General Overview & Standard 1

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  1. Geography for Life:General Overview & Standard 1 Learning Progressions February 6-8, 2014

  2. Geography for Life (1 of 3) • The national geography standards were first published in 1994 by GENIP • While the Standards were accepted by educators & academic geographers, their implementation was uneven and they failed to become institutionalized (Bednarz 2003, 100-101)

  3. Geography for Life (2 of 3) • A revised edition was published in 2012 • Emphasis on geospatial technologies & the diversity of the discipline • More guidance for teachers • A consensus of the geographic community about what students should know and be able to do by the time they graduate from high school

  4. Geography for Life (3 of 3) • Three components of geographic literacy • Geographic perspectives • Geographic knowledge • Geographic skills • The standards stress the importance of all three in developing geographic literacy

  5. Geographic perspectives • Geography is often described as a perspective • Two perspectives • Spatial: Where? Why there? • Ecological: How life forms interact with the physical environment

  6. Geographic knowledge • 18 standards grouped within 6 essential elements • The world in spatial terms • Places & regions • Physical systems • Human systems • Environment & society • The uses of geography

  7. Geographic skills • 5 skills • Asking geographic questions • Acquiring geographic information • Organizing geographic information • Analyzing geographic information • Answering geographic questions • Through the development of these skills, students acquire the necessary tools to think geographically

  8. Geography for Life: Grade Levels • The (revised) standards provide guidance about what students should know & be able to at the elementary, middle, and secondary grades • Up to & including 4th grade • Up to & including 8th grade • Up to & including 12thgrade • As students progress through school, their geographic knowledge & skills should become more sophisticated

  9. Essential Element 1: The World in Spatial TermsStandard 1 • How to use maps & other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, & spatial thinking to understand & communicate information • See Sarah’s handout

  10. Sarah says: • Focus on the overall content of the standard • What a map is • How to make a map • How to use a map • Don’t obsess over the exemplars / hypothetical activities • The content knowledge builds from Grades 4 to 8 to 12 • The skills also build from 4 to 8 to 12 (more or less) • We posited these “learning progressions” and now they need to be researched at a range of scales

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