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Creating Powerful Geography a toolkit for spatial learning
Karl Donert, President EUROGEO, Director: European Centre of Excellence: digital-
Why is geography relevant?
203/05/2023
Geo- is everywhere
http://www.geo-cube.eu
Geography Toolkit
• Spatial Learning• Sustainability• Geography and the
Citizen• Futures
http://www.geo-cube.eu
Spatial Learning: using maps
London crimes 2012-2013
Some spatial questions
London crimes 2012-2013
• Spatial location –where?• Orientation – where in relation to?• Process –what is taking place?• Systems – how is it being affected?• Surroundings – how does it connect beyond?• Making decisions – what solutions?• How can I make a difference?
Spatial learning
Spatial terminology
Geography Toolkit
• Spatial Learning• Sustainability• Geography and the
Citizen• Futures
http://www.geo-cube.eu
Sustainability Dimension
Sustainability =• Complex, dynamic and geographical• Political, social, economic and
environmental• Critical issues – poverty, climate, energy,
oceans • People = resilience and adaptation
Providing crucial links between nature and society
Nature: Physical equations Describe processes
Society: Decisions on how to Use the Earth´s resources
Sustainable Development Goals
Geographic (geo-)media
International Year of Global Understanding http://www.global-understanding.info
Geography Toolkit
• Spatial Learning• Sustainability• Geography and the
Citizen• Futures
http://www.geo-cube.eu
Spatial Citizenship – Connecting Society with Geo-Media
Geography and the Citizen
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Competences and spatial citizenshipGryl I, Jekel T and Donert K, (2010), GI & Spatial Citizenship, In Jekel T, Donert K, Koller A and Vogler R, Learning with GeoInformation V, Berlin, Wichman Verlag
Spatial Citizenship
Theoretical approach and core dimension of Spatial Citizenship
preconditions for SPACIT focus on web tools technical skills knowledge about variety
counter mapping communities in web2.0 expression, communication,
negotiation deconstruction hypothesis construction awareness about life-
world consequences Gryl & Jekel (2012)
Spatial Citizenship
Theoretical approach and core dimension of Spatial Citizenship
preconditions for SPACIT focus on web tools technical skills knowledge about variety
counter mapping communities in web2.0 expression, communication,
negotiation deconstruction hypothesis construction awareness about life-
world consequences Gryl & Jekel (2012)
Spatial Citizenship
SPACIT teacher training course free materials available from
http://www.spatialcitizenship.org
SPACIT summaryConstructivist
• we actively construct our own citizenship• SPACIT stresses active participation and interaction
Intercultural• considers diversity – in ideas, values and behaviours
Built on dialogue• negotiation – communication - appropriation of space• empowerment to participate in the debate about the sort
of future society we need to createTechnological – digital geo-media and the citizen
Donert K (2008), Examining the relationship between Citizenship and Geography Education, 73-92, in Lambrinos N and Reliou M (Eds.), European Geography Education: the challenges of a new era, Arlington, W Virginia, National Council for Geographic Education
What sort of technology?
What sort of technology?
Geography Toolkit
• Spatial Learning• Sustainability• Geography and the
Citizen• Futures
http://www.geo-cube.eu
Educational futures (Hicks, 2012 )
Do we have the power to decide on what kind of future society we want to create?Geography education needs to:• develop critical thinking skills to accurately assess our
present situation • stimulate creative thought on which alternative futures we
want• equip citizens to make choices on the basis of accurate
informationHicks, D. (2012). The future only arrives when things look dangerous: Reflections on futures education in the UK. Futures, 44(1), 4-13.
Powerful imagery
Read the world
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Geospatial integration challenges and considerations: reflections on data dashboards https://t.co/NGYvCuQdiW
Economic Value of Geospatial Data (Arup Dasgupta, 2013)
Dusgupta A (2013), Economic Value of Geospatial Data: The great enabler http://tinyurl.com/nj9fbj2
Geography as powerful knowledge (in the Anthropocene)
Geography encourages,• ‘world knowledge’: deep, descriptive and explanatory • the development of the relational thinking that
underpins geographical thought• a propensity to think about social, economic and
environmental futures (Lambert, 2013)
Lambert, D. (2013). Geography in school and a curriculum of survival. Theory and Research in Education, 11(1), 85-98.
GeoCapabilitieshttp://www.geocapabilities.org