Did your teacher ever pull out a map or globe and teach you about the countries of the world? For many American students, the answer is no. As a result, fewer and fewer students have a general ...

It’s all too common to think of geography education as a rote march through cities, countries, borders, mountain ranges, and rivers. But Sarah L. Smiley, an associate professor at Kent State ...

Geography education plays a pivotal role in cultivating global understanding and critical spatial awareness. In recent decades, the field has evolved substantially through the adoption of ...

Every December, highly educated young people load up their Toyotas and hop on airplanes to spend the holidays with their families. This year was no exception. For a week or two, libraries and ...

The field of geography education has evolved from a traditional focus on rote memorisation of facts and map skills to a dynamic discipline that interweaves scientific analysis with humanistic insights ...

Geography is an exciting, interdisciplinary field that uses cutting-edge technology to explore places and the relationships that people have with the environment that surrounds them. For people ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — We are getting a better idea of what the South Dakota Department of Education’s latest proposed social studies standards could mean for students. The revised standards ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover demographic, social and economic trends around the world. In this column, we often rate metropolitan areas for their ...

Ten years ago at a convention in Baltimore, Lydia Lewis, who teaches U.S. history to fifth graders at a private school in Washington, met what she described as a bright, college-educated young woman ...

An award honouring leadership in geographic education has been renamed in memory of one of its biggest champions. The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s Innovation in Geography Teaching Award will ...