The Minnesota World Regional Geography Course Project

马卡莱斯特学院地理学系将于1987年7月6日至24日举办第三届地理教师学院。该研究所将接待30-35名地理和社会研究(K-12年级)教师参加为期三周的密集研讨会。来自同一地区的教师团队将优先录取，其中一名小学教师，一名中学教师。学员将获得8个学期的研究生学分。教师将接受广泛的地理主题和概念的指导，旨在加强明尼苏达州的地理教育。教学将由两名Macalester地理学家提供，并由一名课堂主任教师和特邀专业地理学家和应用专家组成。所有教师将制作六个教学模块，供课堂使用，并包括学院引入的材料的重要方面。此外，在一九八七至八八学年，他们须在所在地区举办两次在职工作坊，讲解新材料。暑期培训的第一周将强调当地地理、地图和绘图技能、航空照片的使用和计算机应用。第二周将讨论该地区的概念。在第三周，注意力将被吸引到全球模式和进程上。将强调概念和技能的发展。将在当地进行一些实地考察，向教师介绍如何在其所在地区利用当地资源，并教授有效的观察和提问技巧。此外，还计划参观一些博物馆和图书馆。教师须在下一学年的九月、十一月、二月及四月参加四个全日的跟进课程。在这些课程中，将审查新材料，教师们使用学院开发的模块分享他们的课堂经验。

The Geography Department at Macalester College will host its third geography teachers' institute from July 6 to July 24, 1987. The institute will host 30-35 teachers of geography and social studies (grades K-12) in an intensive three-week workshop. Preference in admission will be given to teams of teachers--one elementary and one secondary--from the same district. Participants will earn eight semester-hour graduate-level credits. The teachers will receive instruction in a wide array of geographical themes and concepts aimed at enhancing geography education in Minnesota. Instruction will be provided by two Macalester geographers and augmented by a staff of classroom master teachers and invited professional geographers and applications specialists. All teachers will produce six modules of instruction designed for classroom use and including salient aspects of the materials introduced in the institute. In addition, they will be required to give two in-service workshops in their home districts on the new materials during the 1987-88 school year. The first week of the summer institute will emphasize local geography, map and graphic skills, use of air photos, and computer application. The second week will deal with the concept of the region. In the third week, attention is drawn to global patterns and processes. Both concept and skill development will be emphasized. A number of local field trips will be taken to introduce teachers to ways of using local resources in their own areas and to teach effective observational and questioning techniques. In addition, a number of visits to museums and libraries are scheduled. The teachers are required to attend four full-day follow-up sessions scheduled for September, November, February and April of the following academic year. During these sessions, new materials is reviewed and the teachers share information about their classroom experiences using the modules developed as part of the institute.