Spatial Concepts in GIS and Design

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Panel Session on Spatial Concepts Curriculum for GIS and Design

Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers

March 24, 2009

Description: Panelists will discuss the development of a curriculum in spatial thinking and the integration of design into GIS. The central questions are:

1. To what extent are the fundamental spatial concepts that lie behind GIS relevant in design?
2. To what extent can the fundamental spatial concepts of design be addressed with GIS?
3. Is it possible to devise a curriculum to develop spatial thinking in both GIS and design?

The panelists will present the new initiatives, findings, and unresolved questions that arose from a meeting of more than thirty GIS scholars, design researchers, and education specialists, who considered these issues in December 2008.

Organizer:
Don Janelle
Chair:
Michael F. Goodchild

Participants:

Introducer: Michael F. Goodchild   Panel Presentation
Panelist: Helen Couclelis   Panel Presentation
Panelist: Daniel Z. Sui
Panelist: Diana Stuart Sinton
Panelist: Karl Grossner   Panel Presentation
Panelist: Karen Kemp
Panelist: Stéphane Roche
Panelist: Jeff Howarth   Panel Presentation
Panelist: Robert B. McMaster   Panel Presentation
Panelist: Sara Irina Fabrikant

Sponsorships:

International Network for Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education
Geography Education Specialty Group
Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group