Again and again, the public complains that school leavers are not sufficiently qualified to read maps, and this lack of „Graphicacy“ is attributed to poor school teaching. This article analyses the map reading abilities ...

The reliable handling of graphically complex cartographical illustrations requires methodic skills from the users as well as high qualifications on the part of the map author. A very important aspect in this context is the ...

Within this article a research project on influencing factors of children’s spatial orientation competence is presented. Partially, the main focus is put on the concept of representation as a theoretical foundation. The ...

Digital geo-information is already an important resource for many jobs and every day life. Through initiatives such as INSPIRE, its presence will grow even more in the years to come. Consequently, many curricula for secondary ...

This article examines the effects of portfolio practice within a problem-oriented learning environment (APU) in the subject Geography. Portfolios are collections of students’ own learning products, such as papers, presentations ...

The field mapping is an accepted method in geography science and school. The article is a report about the standard of knowledge of the field mapping. The focus of the literature is the description of the progress of the ...

In this article some relevant theoretical considerations about map drawing are outlined. This includes aspects e.g. from writing competence and from geographical education. In chapter 3 results of international empirical ...

In a postmodern society being able to discuss is one of the most important competences. Therefore, the National Standards for Geography explicitly formulate the goal of students' achieving communication skills. In order ...

Within the national educational standards of geography, the ability of reflection and of meta-perspective has a high significance. The competence to reflect is a skill that is called for development in almost every competence ...

This article aims at designing a theoretically based structural model of map use competence. In addition to the geographical concept of maps the model of reading competence of PISA and other concepts are discussed. In ...