The changing nature of GIS and the provision of formal GIS education in the UK: a case study
| Autor: | Nigel Walford |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Geographic information system
GIS Day Higher education business.industry Teaching method 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development 0507 social and economic geography 050301 education Benchmarking geography Education Trend analysis Geography ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Mathematics education Information system Traditional knowledge GIS business 050703 geography 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 41:310-326 |
| ISSN: | 1466-1845 0309-8265 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03098265.2017.1315532 |
| Popis: | The arrival of the term Geographical Information System (GIS) in the 1960s soon created a demand for training and education in the use of this specialist hardware and software. Initially the main focus was on training people to use GIS, formal named degree programmes leading to postgraduate and undergraduate qualifications arrived later. This paper explores the changing landscape of U.K. degree level GIS education drawing on contemporary information from Higher Education Institution websites and a case study of the first single honours degree in GIS in Europe. The paper identifies a rise and fall in the number of named undergraduate “GIS” degrees since the late 1980s sandwiched between the continuation and development of postgraduate qualifications. In parallel with this trend the teaching and learning of GIS skills has emerged as a core component of undergraduate degree programmes with “Geography” in their title and in national school and degree level benchmarking statements for the discipline. |
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