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Author Wiegand, Patrick.

Title Learning and teaching with maps / Patrick Wiegand
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2006

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 MELB  372.891044 Wie/Lat  AVAILABLE
Description xiii, 153 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Contents Cartography and geo-information science -- How children learn with maps -- Models, aerial photographs, and large scale plans -- Using maps to find the way -- Childrens neighbourhood maps -- Understanding topographic and thematic maps -- World maps, globes, and atlases -- Planning a map and GIScience curriculum -- Practical map activities: up to age 7 -- Practical map activities: age[s] 7 to 11 -- Practical map activities: age[s] 11 to 14 -- Making better maps for children
Summary "Learning and Teaching with Maps describes how children make meaning with maps, including large scale plans, topographic and thematic maps, globes and maps of the world. Using evidence from psychology, geography and education it describes how children understand scale, coordinates, symbols, contours and place names and identifies common learning difficulties. New perspectives are provided on children's understanding of small scale and atlas maps as well as recent evidence for young people's use of Geographical Information Systems. The text is extensively illustrated with examples of maps, including those made by children themselves using conventional materials as well as computer software."--BOOK JACKET
Notes "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-151) and index
Subject Maps in education.
Cartography -- Study and teaching -- Audio-visual aids.
Cartography -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Audio-visual aids.
Cartography -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs.
Cartography -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Activity programs.
Geography -- Study and teaching -- Audio-visual aids.
Geography -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Audio-visual aids.
Geography -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs
Geography -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Activity programs
LC no. 2005022667
ISBN 0415312108 paperback
9780415312097 hardback
0415312094 hardback
9780415312103 paperback