Welcome to the second diary in the new Geography! series. This week the topic is geographic education and I continue the discussion about the article "Bring Back Geography!" which describes the current state of geography education in the United States.
The main points I cover today include 1) the state of geography education in primary and secondary schools (including the effect of NCLB), 2) the state of geography education in colleges and universities in the United States, and 3) some ways we can help reintegrate geography education.
Note – I leave for Greece on Monday for two weeks. I plan to continue posting while I am gone, but will not be able to comment much. If I can't post the next diary in this series, I will at least post pictures so you can all see what I have to endure in Greece. =)
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