Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of tables......Page 8
List of figures......Page 9
Notes on contributors......Page 12
List of abbreviations......Page 14
Preface......Page 17
Acknowledgements......Page 22
GIS in school education: an introduction......Page 24
Geographical information in schools: past, present and future......Page 49
GIS in school education: you don't necessarily need a microcomputer......Page 57
GIS in schools: infrastructure, methodology and role......Page 85
Teaching with GIS in Ontario's secondary schools......Page 96
GIS in secondary school geography curricula......Page 110
Geographical Information Systems: an introduction for students......Page 117
Expanding a corporate GIS into an authority's high schools......Page 137
Another school of thought: introducing GIS to a secondary school geography department......Page 150
GIS and remote sensing in primary and secondary education: rationale, strategies and didactics......Page 160
The role of ArcView and MAP Explorer in a corporate GIS environment......Page 168
Geography, GIS and the Internet......Page 174
Tailoring GIS courses for employment......Page 190
GIS education in Germany: a survey and some comments......Page 198
GIS in school education: an epilogue......Page 207
Glossary......Page 210
Reading List......Page 232
Index......Page 240