Learning and teaching with maps
"Learning and Teaching with Maps describes how children make meaning with maps, including large scale plans, topographic and thematic maps, globes and maps of the world. Using evidence from psychology, geography and education it describes how children understand scale, coordinates, symbols, contours and place names and identifies common learning difficulties. New perspectives are provided on children's understanding of small scale and atlas maps as well as recent evidence for young people's use…
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- Full title :Learning and teaching with maps / Patrick Wiegand.
Summary
"Learning and Teaching with Maps describes how children make meaning with maps, including large scale plans, topographic and thematic maps, globes and maps of the world. Using evidence from psychology, geography and education it describes how children understand scale, coordinates, symbols, contours and place names and identifies common learning difficulties. New perspectives are provided on children's understanding of small scale and atlas maps as well as recent evidence for young people's use of Geographical Information Systems. The text is extensively illustrated with examples of maps, including those made by children themselves using conventional materials as well as computer software."--Jacket
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- Publication Date:2006.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2006.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiii, 153 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : : illustrations (some color), maps
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0203477790, 9780203477793, 9781134383801, 1134383800, 9781134383849, 1134383843, 9781134383856, 1134383851
- DOI:10.4324/9780203477793
- oclc:ocm64549421
- LC Classification:GA102.5
- Dewey Decimal:372.89/1044
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Cartography and geo-information science -- How children learn with maps -- Models, aerial photographs and large scale plans -- Using maps to find the way -- Children's neighbourhood maps -- Understanding topographic and thematic maps -- World maps, globes, and atlases -- Planning a map and GIScience curriculum -- Practical map activities : up to age 7 -- Practical map activities : age 7 to 11 -- Practical map activities : age 11 to 14 -- Making better maps for children -- Conclusion.
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