Space, Culture, and Urban Policy: Integrating GIS into Social Science Research Methods Courses

空间、文化和城市政策：将 GIS 纳入社会科学研究方法课程

• 批准号: 0228878
• 负责人: Richard LeGates
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: San Francisco State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-05-15 至 2008-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0228878&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Space; Culture; Urban; Policy; Integrating

(89) Social Science OtherThis project proposes to create two instructional modules to introduce undergraduate students in upper division social science research methods and data analysis courses to visualizing quantitative data and doing spatial analysis using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) software. The project is integrating technology into education and is addressing several problems:- the failure of the undergraduate social sciences other than geography to address spatial aspects of data;- the fear expressed by many social science students of research methods and data analysis courses - to the point of discouraging students from majoring in the social sciences; and- faculty difficulties in balancing conventional and hi-tech teaching methods.The objective of the project is to create two instructional modules -- each consisting of a textbook, CD-ROM, and website -- to augment conventional research methods and data analysis courses. The first module is being designed for social science research methods courses. The second is aimed at social science data analysis courses. The modules are using six main sources of data about cities, culture, and urban policy: United Nations Commission on Human Settlements data on cities, the 2000 U.S. Census of Housing and Population, The State of the Nation's Cities (SONC) database from the Rutgers Center for Urban Policy Research, General Social Survey (GSS)data from the National Opinion Research Center, the Roper Social Capital Benchmark 2000 data (developed under the direction of Robert Putnam of Harvard University), and state and local voting data. A five-person team will work with a national advisory panel, assisted by faculty from seven universities who will test the modules. The project involves collaboration between faculty from San Francisco State University and San Jose State University with faculty from the seven other institutions: The University of Cincinnati; Howard University; The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Medgar Evers College of the CUNY System; Georgia Institute of Technology, The University of Pittsburgh, and Cleveland State University. Experts from the University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Santa Barbara; and the Metropolitan Area Research Corporation will assist the project.

(89)社会科学其他该项目建议创建两个教学模块，向高年级社会科学研究方法和数据分析课程的本科生介绍量化数据的可视化和使用地理信息系统（GIS）软件进行空间分析。 该项目正在将技术纳入教育，并正在解决若干问题：-除地理学外，社会科学本科生未能解决数据的空间方面问题;-许多社会科学学生对研究方法和数据分析课程表示恐惧，以至于不鼓励学生主修社会科学;该项目的目标是创建两个教学模块--每个模块由一本教科书、光盘、和网站--以加强传统的研究方法和数据分析课程。 第一个单元是为社会科学研究方法课程设计的。 二是针对社会科学数据分析类课程。 这些模块使用了关于城市、文化和城市政策的六个主要数据来源：联合国人类住区委员会关于城市的数据，2000年美国住房和人口普查，罗格斯城市政策研究中心的国家城市状况数据库，国家民意研究中心的综合社会调查数据，罗珀社会资本基准2000年数据（在哈佛大学的罗伯特普特南的指导下开发），以及州和地方投票数据。 一个五人小组将与一个国家咨询小组合作，由七所大学的教师协助，他们将测试这些模块。 该项目涉及来自旧金山弗朗西斯科州立大学和圣何塞州立大学的教师与其他七所大学的教师之间的合作：辛辛那提大学;霍华德大学;伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校;纽约市立大学系统的梅加埃弗斯学院;格鲁吉亚理工学院，匹兹堡大学和克利夫兰州立大学。 来自伯克利加州大学、圣巴巴拉加州大学和大都会地区研究公司的专家将协助该项目。