NCGIA education activities: The core curriculum and beyond

Michael F. Goodchild, Karen K. Kemp

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Abstract

Education has been part of the NCGIA’s mission from the earliest discussions of the concept of the Center at the National Science Foundation. To respond to the need for short-term solutions to the shortage of adequately trained personnel in GIS, the Center developed a set of teaching materials or core curriculum. The steps in its development are described and an analysis of initial distribution statistics is presented. Current efforts to develop a framework for laboratory materials are outlined. The paper ends with an assessment of the project and comparison with other disciplines.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)309-320
Number of pages12
JournalInternational Journal of Geographical Information Systems
Volume6
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1992
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Information Systems
  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Library and Information Sciences
  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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