Maps for the Future: Children, Education and Internet

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
International Associations and the Provision of Outreach Programmes for Education and Training....Pages 1-13
Exercises in Cartography....Pages 15-26
The Role of Output Devices in the Higher Education Courses of Cartography....Pages 27-42
Teaching Cartographical Skills in Different Educational Systems of EU....Pages 43-57
Cartography at Elementary School Level: Continuing Education of Teachers and Experiences in the Classroom....Pages 59-73
Cartography in Textbooks Published Between 1824 and 2002 in Brazil....Pages 75-84
The Transition from the Analytic to Synthesis Reasoning in the Maps of Geographic School Atlases for Children....Pages 85-92
How School Trips Modify the Pupils’ Representation of Space....Pages 93-102
Interpretation of Surface Features of Mars as a Function of Its Verbal—Toponymic—and Visual Representation....Pages 103-116
Internet Mapping Education: Curriculum Technology and Creativity....Pages 117-125
Spatial Knowledge Acquisition in the Context of GPS-Based Pedestrian Navigation....Pages 127-137
Developing Map Databases: Problems and Solutions....Pages 139-149
The Tile-Based Mapping Transition in Cartography....Pages 151-163
Visualisation of Geological Observations on Web 2.0 Based Maps....Pages 165-178
Updating a Hungarian Website About Maps for Children....Pages 179-193
Teaching Cartography to Children Through Interactive Media....Pages 195-202
Cartographic Response to Changes in Teaching Geography and History....Pages 203-217
Research on Cartography for School Children....Pages 219-227
The World in Their Minds: A Multi-scale Approach of Children’s Representations of Geographical Space....Pages 229-241
The Spatial Notions of the Cultural Universe of Childhood....Pages 243-254
Map Drawing Competition for Children in Indonesia....Pages 255-267
Cartography in Studying the Environment: Bilingual Practice Aiming at the Inclusion of Deaf Pupils....Pages 269-288
Study on the Acquisition of the Concept of Spatial Representation by Visually Impaired People....Pages 289-303
Tactile Cartography and Geography Teaching: LEMADI’s Contributions....Pages 305-316