European competences for geography and geospatial education in post-pandemic times
Topics: Geography Education
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Keywords: geography education, competences, Europe, geospatial technologies
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:
Rafael de Miguel González, EUROGEO & University of Zaragoza, Spain
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Abstract
There is widespread agreement that collaboration, teamwork and digital competences, among others, are essential 21st century skills. By incorporating innovation in intercultural and international dimensions into the curriculum, using geospatial developments and digital tools to enhance teaching, research and extracurricular activities, this paper will illustrate how European Union funded projects in geography education contribute to develop a set of geographical and geospatial competences for life long learning. Digital Agenda highlights that enhancing digital literacy and skills contributes to European citizenship and inclusion through a socio-economic factor (employability) and a socio-politic target (empowerment). Bridging this digital divide can help members of social groups to participate on a more equal foundation in digital society. How can geography contribute to this? In particular geography education, both higher education and school education, is responsible to train young people and to deal with the teaching and learning of the processes of spatial organization of human societies. Geography is able to face the complexity and diversity of processes, systems, and interconnections between human and natural environments by developing critical thinking (judgment, assessment) and lateral thinking (creative, problem-solving), but in particular analytical thinking (data, visualization), in which digital instructional resources like geospatial technologies and geo-media are essential.
European competences for geography and geospatial education in post-pandemic times
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