期刊名称：Review of International Geographical Education Online
电子版ISSN：2146-0353
出版年度：2011
卷号：1
期号：2
出版社：Review of International Geographical Education Online
摘要：Introduction by Roger Tomlinson (1 page); 35 chapters; 66 illustrations, 24 in color; Bibliography, 20 pages; Index, 67 contributors. Foreword by Roger Tomlinson An eagerly awaited volume edited by three GIS scholars, the new International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning with GIS in Secondary Schools is a comprehensive guide to the current state of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in education globally. This is no small task, and its value to the GIS in education community is as broad as the book's scope. For educators, policy-makers, Geography and Teacher educators, this collection by 67 international contributors With a foreword by Roger Tomlinson, Canadian "father" of GIS, the book commands an important niche on the library shelf of all geography educators. In a world whose histories of geographic education differ, an effort of this scope marks a significant step toward understanding one another's educational systems, commitments to geographic education, and perhaps most importantly, sets a stage for future international collaboration.
