Seeking Synthesis: An Integration Exercise for Teaching Regional Geography

Autor/in	Jones, Mark C.
Titel	Seeking Synthesis: An Integration Exercise for Teaching Regional Geography
Quelle	In: Geography Teacher, 11 (2014) 1, S.25-28 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1933-8341
DOI	10.1080/19338341.2013.854261
Schlagwörter	Geography; Geography Instruction; Geographic Regions; Intellectual Disciplines; Critical Thinking; Writing Skills; Synthesis; Lesson Plans; Interdisciplinary Approach; Advanced Placement; Foreign Countries; Africa; Asia; North America + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geografie; Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Geisteswissenschaften; Kritisches Denken; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Lesson planning; Unterrichtsplanung; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Ausland; Afrika; Asien; Nordamerika
Abstract	This article describes a lesson plan on achieving synthesis, the integration of diverse information sources to create a new whole, vital to the intellectual task of the geographer. This is true regardless of the type of geography being conducted or studied. Synthesis remains central to geography, whether understanding a region, pulling together an undergraduate course of study by means of a capstone course, or blending the diverse research specialties into a coherent academic discipline. This lesson plan (based on "Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment, Development" (Rowntree et al. 2011) as the course text) is part of a course intended to introduce the students to geography as a discipline, give them a foundational knowledge of several macro regions, and further develop the critical thinking and writing skills needed for college. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10