Maps for the Future: Children, Education and Internet

By László Zentai

Book Overview

International Associations and the Provision of Outreach Programmes for Education and Training.- Exercises in Cartography.- The Role of Output Devices in the Higher Education Courses of Cartography.- Teaching Cartographical Skills in Different Educational Systems of EU.- Cartography at Elementary School Level: Continuing Education of Teachers and Experiences in the Classroom.- Cartography in Textbooks Published Between 1824 and 2002 in Brazil.- The Transition from the Analytic to Synthesis Reasoning in the Maps of Geographic School Atlases for Children.- How School Trips Modify the Pupils' Representation of Space.- Interpretation of Surface Features of Mars as a Function of Its Verbal-Toponymic-and Visual Representation.- Internet Mapping Education: Curriculum Technology and Creativity.- Spatial Knowledge Acquisition in the Context of GPS-Based Pedestrian Navigation.- Developing Map Databases: Problems and Solutions.- The Tile-Based Mapping Transition in Cartography.- Tactile Cartography and Geography Teaching: LEMADI's Contributions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642195210
• ISBN13: 9783642195211
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"