The Minnesota World Regional Geography Course Project

Macalester学院的地理系将举办第三届 1987年7月6日至7月24日，地理师范学院。 的 学院将容纳30-35名地理和社会研究教师 （K-12年级）在一个为期三周的密集讲习班。 偏好 入场将给予教师团队-一个小学和一个 第二次--来自同一个区。 参与者将获得8 一学期的研究生学分 教师们将接受各种各样的地理教学， 主题和概念，旨在加强明尼苏达州的地理教育。 指导将提供两个麦卡莱斯特地理学家和增强 由课堂大师和专业邀请的工作人员 地理学家和应用专家。 所有教师将产生六个 为课堂使用而设计的教学模块， 在研究所引进的材料方面。 此外他们 将被要求在家中举办两次在职研讨会 在一九八七至八八学年，当局已向各区提供有关新教材的资料。 暑期研究所的第一周将强调当地地理， 地图和图形技能，使用航空照片，和计算机应用。 第二周将讨论区域概念。 第三 本周，提请注意全球模式和进程。 两个概念 和技能发展将得到重视。 一些当地的实地考察将采取介绍教师， 如何在自己的领域利用当地资源，并有效地进行教学 观察和提问技巧。 此外，一些 参观博物馆和图书馆。 教师须参加四个全日的跟进课程 定于9月、11月、2月和4月举行 学年。 在这些会议期间，审查新材料， 教师分享有关他们的课堂经验的信息， 作为研究所的一部分开发的模块。

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.