Considerations of How to Study Learning Processes when Students use GIS as an Instrument for Developing Spatial Thinking Skills

Lene Møller Madsen; Camilla Østerberg Rump

doi:10.1080/03098265.2011.576336

Considerations of How to Study Learning Processes when Students use GIS as an Instrument for Developing Spatial Thinking Skills

Lene Møller Madsen, Camilla Østerberg Rump

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Abstract

Within the last 30 years, geographical information systems (GIS) have been used increasingly in the training of geographers. On the basis of the philosophy of technology and instrumental genesis, we sketch how the use of instruments interacts with learning processes and outline how this can be studied. We empirically analyse students’ learning processes and the influences of teaching practice in an introductory course in GIS. We show that students have different strategies for creating their personal instrument for spatial thinking and how teaching interacts with the students’ learning processes. Finally, we discuss how GIS may gradually alter future professional development of geographers.

Original language	English
Article number	Selected for publication as Chapter 13 in Haigh, M., Cotton, D. and Hall, T. (eds.) (2016): Pedagogic Research in Geography Higher Education, Routledge.
Journal	Journal of Geography in Higher Education
Volume	36
Issue number	01
Pages (from-to)	97-116
Number of pages	20
ISSN	0309-8265
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2011.576336
Publication status	Published - 24 Feb 2012

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Madsen, L. M., & Rump, C. Ø. (2012). Considerations of How to Study Learning Processes when Students use GIS as an Instrument for Developing Spatial Thinking Skills. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 36(01), 97-116. [Selected for publication as Chapter 13 in Haigh, M., Cotton, D. and Hall, T. (eds.) (2016): Pedagogic Research in Geography Higher Education, Routledge.]. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2011.576336

Considerations of How to Study Learning Processes when Students use GIS as an Instrument for Developing Spatial Thinking Skills. / Madsen, Lene Møller ; Rump, Camilla Østerberg.

In: Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Vol. 36, No. 01, Selected for publication as Chapter 13 in Haigh, M., Cotton, D. and Hall, T. (eds.) (2016): Pedagogic Research in Geography Higher Education, Routledge., 24.02.2012, p. 97-116.

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Madsen, LM & Rump, CØ 2012, 'Considerations of How to Study Learning Processes when Students use GIS as an Instrument for Developing Spatial Thinking Skills', Journal of Geography in Higher Education, vol. 36, no. 01, Selected for publication as Chapter 13 in Haigh, M., Cotton, D. and Hall, T. (eds.) (2016): Pedagogic Research in Geography Higher Education, Routledge., pp. 97-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2011.576336

Madsen LM , Rump CØ. Considerations of How to Study Learning Processes when Students use GIS as an Instrument for Developing Spatial Thinking Skills. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 2012 Feb 24;36(01):97-116. Selected for publication as Chapter 13 in Haigh, M., Cotton, D. and Hall, T. (eds.) (2016): Pedagogic Research in Geography Higher Education, Routledge. doi: 10.1080/03098265.2011.576336

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