@article{d7ca1a7353c340d79e8abc53342b89bc,
title = "Teaching gis in geography",
abstract = "Although numerous courses in geographic information systems (GIS) have been introduced into the geography curriculum over the past few years, there has been remarkably little debate over the issues involved. This paper first discusses the arguments for geography as an appropriate disciplinary setting for GIS teaching at the undergraduate level. This is followed by a discussion of the nature of GIS courses and their appropriate place in the undergraduate geography curriculum. The final section of the paper describes the NCGIA Core Curriculum project and examines its significance in this broader context.",
keywords = "GIS, Geographic education",
author = "Kemp, {Karen K.} and Goodchild, {Michael F.} and Dodson, {Rustin F.}",
note = "Funding Information: In its solicitation for a National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NSF 1987), the National Science Foundation recognized that one of the major impediments to the adoption of GIS technology was a shortage of trained professionals. In its proposal to NSF, the Santa Barbara/Buffalo/Maine consortium (University of California, Santa Barbara; State University of New York at Buffalo; University of Maine) argued that a readily adaptable set of teaching materials could have a rapid and significant impact on GIS education. The Core Curriculum in GIS was developed over a two-year period following the announcement of the NCGIA award in August 1988. An initial outline for a one-year course sequence was developed in a series of discussions with the GIS community, and some 35 CIS educators in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom eventually contributed material. A draft version was evaluated and tested at over 100 sites in the 1989-90 academic year, and a revised version was released for general distribution in July 1990. For a detailed description of the development and evaluation of the Core Curriculum, see Kemp and Goodchild (1991a and b). By late 1991, over 750 copies of the three volume, 1000 + page document had been distributed to universities, government agencies, and GIS vendors and consultants around the world. Funding Information: * The National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis is supported by the National Science Foundation, grant SES 88-10917. Ad- ditional funding for the Core Curriculum project was provided by the Office of Instructional Development, University of California, Santa Barbara.",
year = "1992",
month = may,
doi = "10.1111/j.0033-0124.1992.00181.x",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "44",
pages = "181--191",
journal = "Professional Geographer",
issn = "0033-0124",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "2",
}