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Re: Q. Where is the USA? A. You are standing on it!
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Thu, 21 Nov 2002 17:49:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> I thought this was pertinent:
> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/11/1120_021120_GeoRoperSurvey.html
Hmm, geography.
These appalling results were similar in the previous generation. I worked in
the mapping business from 1990-1994 and there was no shortage of these
articles wringing hands over the un-oriented college students of the 80s.
University of Colorado at Boulder was recruiting freshmen in 1990 for a
joint degree in geography and education. This is one effort to secure room
for the subject in a curriculum.
However, there is a bigger ignorance. People assume geography means knowing
names on a map. This is superficial. Geographic literacy requires being able
to relate the features of terrain to the uses that are made of it. This is
part of the curriculum, in earth science, social studies, history.
-Erik
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| (...) I thought this was pertinent: (URL) 11 percent of young citizens of the U.S. couldn't even locate the U.S. on a map. The Pacific Ocean's location was a mystery to 29 percent; Japan, to 58 percent; France, to 65 percent; and the United Kingdom, (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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