The 2010 edition of Learning with GI suggests spatial citizenship as central to the inclusion of GI in secondary education. In doing so, we intend to foster greater interest in learning and teaching with respect to everyday applications of GI, aiming at regular uses for reflected participation in society. We therefore invited contributions that link up social theory with GI-based learning, and also include a critical perspective discussed Geographic Information Science since the early nineties. We strongly feel that an inclusion of this critical perspective can provide new approaches to Learning with GI and that this widens its appeal even to areas beyond the subject of geography.
'Learning with Geoinformation' provides an annual forum to researchers and practitioners in the field. This publication is the result of the conference, held within the framework of AGIT and the GI-Forum on July 7th – 9th, 2010 in Salzburg. It covers the following topics:
- Conceptualisations of spatial citizenship
- Competences, initiatives and projects in secondary education
- Cartography and remote sensing
- Postsecondary education
The book is aimed at teachers in secondary and postsecondary education, as well as researchers in science education.
Im Rahmen des AGIT-Symposiums 2010 findet die internationale Fachtagung „Learning with Geoinformation“ statt. Dort werden beispielhafte Anwendungen im Schulunterricht, Erfahrungen und empirische Studien aus der Lehr- und Unterrichtsarbeit sowie Entwicklungstendenzen für die Zukunft vorgestellt. Der Band beinhaltet diese Tagungsbeiträge, die teils in englischer und teils in deutscher Sprache verfasst sind.
Thomas Jekel
GIS Geoinformatik Geoinformationssystem Geodaten