Designing WI Standards and Curriculum for K-5 Cartography Education
Topics: Geography Education
, Cartography
, Education
Keywords: Education, K-12, K12, Standards, Curriculum, Cartography, Geographic Education. Geography Education, Children, Wisconsin, Schools, Teachers
Session Type: Virtual Paper Abstract
Day: Monday
Session Start / End Time: 2/28/2022 08:00 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) - 2/28/2022 09:20 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada))
Room: Virtual 19
Authors:
Chelsea Nestel, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Margene Anderson, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Tanya Buckingham Andersen, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Julie Collins, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Lisa Jong, University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Abstract
Understanding knowledge construction and the multiplicity of experience is more important than ever. Cartography allows busy teachers to meet many learning standards at once since almost everything has a possible spatial dimension. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Cartography Lab, in collaboration with the UW-Madison Center for Teaching, Learning, and Mentoring is designing standards and a full cartography curriculum for grades K-5. To our knowledge, no such cartography-specific standards currently exist in the US, providing a critical outreach opportunity for Cartography and Geography to enrich the education of schoolchildren and bring awareness of the importance of cartography and geography in our curriculum and our world.
In this presentation, we discuss the process of developing Cartography standards and curriculum. We focus on “teacher-informed design”: explaining what teachers need to incorporate cartography and geography into the curriculum. Teachers are busy and do not have time to create a curriculum for themselves. How do you make your lessons and curriculum accessible and helpful to this audience? Furthermore, how do you ensure educators know about your curriculum? We will explain our approach, our curriculum pilot, and our planned evaluation method, as well as future directions.
We hope our work, alongside other efforts in Geography, such as from NACIS and UCGIS, will assist in developing cartography standards beyond Wisconsin and enhance the profile of Cartography and Geography in K-12 education.
Designing WI Standards and Curriculum for K-5 Cartography Education
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