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<p><p>the Current Crisis In Geography Education Has Spawned Several New Books On Mapmaking, Many Of Which Advocate Either Recitation And Drill Or A Conceptual Top-down Model That Ignores Children's Interests. <i>mapmaking With Children</i> Presents An Inspired Alternative. Maintaining That There Is No Substitute For Hands-on Experience, David Sobel Places The Initial Emphasis On Local Projects--projects That Begin In Students' Own Backyards And Communities, Projects That Provide A Sense Of Place. <p>as Sobel Explains, In The Beginning, Children's Maps Represent Their Experiences Of Beauty, Secrecy, Adventure, And Comfort. With These Affective Endeavors As A Foundation, I Then Gradually Start To Focus On Scale, Location, Direction, And Geographic Relationships. The Development Of Emotional Bonds And Cognitive Skills Needs To Go Hand In Hand In My Approach To Developmentally Appropriate Social Studies And Geography. To That End, His Book Identifies Each Stage Of Development, Presenting Relevant Theoretical Issues And Several Appropriate Projects. <p>in The Beginning, Students Stay Close To Home, Mapping Their Known World. Gradually, They Move On To Their Neighborhood, Developing A Se

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Author

David Sobel; William Varner

Publisher

Heinemann, 361 Hanover Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801-3912 ($27.50). Tel: 603-431-7894; Fax: 603-431-7840; Web site: <http://www.heinemann.com>

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780325000428

Category

education

Subjects

Anthropology, Fiction, Education

Rating

4.17 / 5 (40 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14