GIS in the History Classroom: Displaying the Walls of Elvas and Badajoz through the Use of Google Earth

Autor: Mario Corrales-Serrano, Jesús Sánchez-Martín, José Moreno-Losada, Francisco Zamora-Polo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Proceedings, Vol 38, Iss 1, p 2 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2504-3900
DOI: 10.3390/proceedings2019038002
Popis: The study of History in Secondary Education often develops in an excessively theoretical way, without the students having the chance to apply the acquired abilities practically. However, educational studies prove that all abilities are more adequately acquired when the teaching and learning process combines theoretical and practical developments. The current research work combines interest for the historical heritage of cities as a useful element for the development of historical educational abilities with the use of technologies related to Geography, such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), relating to a key heritage element: the wall. The main objective is to teach what a wall is and what its function is in a medieval city, as well as ins in current cities. A combination of methodologies has been carried out to achieve this objective, those are applied in a theoretical phase, a practical phase and a technological one. The learning outcomes are satisfactory, given that a greater amount of ability acquisition is detected related to a traditional theory class.
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