Abstract
A Century through GIS: Diocesan School 1904–2004
Track: Teaching with GIS in K–12 Education
Author(s): Sally Brodie
May 1904, Auckland, New Zealand: Diocesan High School for Girls opens. One hundred years later, Diocesan celebrated its centennial. How have the school site, the wider school community, and the area adjacent to the school changed in 100 years? This paper looks at how answering these questions offered a way of introducing students (aged between 12 and 17) to local history and geography in an interesting and meaningful context—within existing units of work—and at the same time introduced staff and girls to GIS. It discusses how the GIS project shows these changes by using census data, historic and modern photographs and maps, and written records. Incorporating physical, socioeconomic, transport, and urban development information, it was built for use by different year levels and in different subjects. The teaching methods used and the impact on student and staff learning are also considered.
Sally Brodie
Diocesan School for Girls
Humanities Department
Clyde Street, Epsom
Auckland 1
NZ
Phone: 00 64 5200221
E-mail: sbrodie@diocesan.school.nz