The future role of GIS education in creating critical spatial thinkers

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Autor(a) principal: Bearman, Nick
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: Jones, Nick, André, Isabel, Cachinho, Herculano, DeMers, Michael
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/28095
Resumo: Teaching of critical spatial thinking in higher education empowers graduates to effectively engage with spatial data. Geographic information systems (GIS) and science are taught to undergraduates across many disciplines; we evaluate how this contributes to critical spatial thinking. The discipline of GIS covers the whole process of spatial decision-making, but GIS modules often ignore the context setting of spatial problems, and just cover the technical aspects of how to use GIS software. We outline how some existing GIS practicals could be improved to focus on the development of critical spatial thinking skills, competences and abilities that are valuable to graduates.
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title The future role of GIS education in creating critical spatial thinkers
spellingShingle The future role of GIS education in creating critical spatial thinkers
Bearman, Nick
Critical spatial thinking
geography
GIS teaching
education
title_short The future role of GIS education in creating critical spatial thinkers
title_full The future role of GIS education in creating critical spatial thinkers
title_fullStr The future role of GIS education in creating critical spatial thinkers
title_full_unstemmed The future role of GIS education in creating critical spatial thinkers
title_sort The future role of GIS education in creating critical spatial thinkers
author Bearman, Nick
author_facet Bearman, Nick
Jones, Nick
André, Isabel
Cachinho, Herculano
DeMers, Michael
author_role author
author2 Jones, Nick
André, Isabel
Cachinho, Herculano
DeMers, Michael
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Bearman, Nick
Jones, Nick
André, Isabel
Cachinho, Herculano
DeMers, Michael
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Critical spatial thinking
geography
GIS teaching
education
topic Critical spatial thinking
geography
GIS teaching
education
description Teaching of critical spatial thinking in higher education empowers graduates to effectively engage with spatial data. Geographic information systems (GIS) and science are taught to undergraduates across many disciplines; we evaluate how this contributes to critical spatial thinking. The discipline of GIS covers the whole process of spatial decision-making, but GIS modules often ignore the context setting of spatial problems, and just cover the technical aspects of how to use GIS software. We outline how some existing GIS practicals could be improved to focus on the development of critical spatial thinking skills, competences and abilities that are valuable to graduates.
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