Mapmaking with Children

Author: David Sobel
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0325000425

Mapmaking with Children: Sense of Place Education for the Elementary Years

The current crisis in geography education has spawned several new books on mapmaking, many of which advocate either recitation and drill or a conceptual top-down model that ignores children's interests. Download Mapmaking with Children: Sense of Place Education for the Elementary Years from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Mapmaking with Children presents an inspired alternative. Maintaining that there is no substitute for hands-on experience, David Sobel places the initial emphasis on local projects--projects that begin in students' own backyards and communities, projects that provide a sense of place. As Sobel explains, "In the beginning, children's maps represent their experiences of beauty, secrecy, adventure, and comfort. With these affective endeavors as a foundation, I then gradually start to focus on scale, location, direction, and geographic relat Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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