Abstract
The Educational Value of GIS for Cognitive Development
Track: Educational Research and Teacher Education
Author(s): Harold Hayes
This presentation will demonstrate how GIS software can be used within my teaching model to promote mastery of abstract concepts and relationships in the earth sciences. These abstractions are not easily mastered and will not develop intuitively through incidental exposure in the classroom. This premise is based on many years of classroom teaching experience ranging from the primary grades through adult education.
The presentation will accomplish two objectives. First, it will identify and define the structural components of the pedagogical model that range from the psychological features of the model through the earth science example to the cognitive mastery of the new abstractions. Second, the presentation will show how GIS software can be used to integrate the subject matter content and create operational-level mastery of that content.
The outcome: a clear example of GIS power for teaching abstract concepts.
Harold Hayes
Walters State Community College
social & behavioral science
150 Pinestraw Ridge
Greeneville, TN 37745
US
Phone: 423-639-7421
E-mail: hlhayes@xtn.net