The Implementation and Effectiveness of （的实现和有效性）.pdf

The Implementation and Effectiveness of Geographic Information Systems Technology and Methods in Secondary Education JosephJ. Kerski ABSTRACT THE RESEARCH PROBLEM Geographic information systems Geographic information systems (GIS) technology and methods have (GIS) technology and methods have trans- transformed decision-making in society-in government, academia, and indus- formed decision-making in society by try. Some educators consider GIS to be one of the most promising means for bringing geographic analysis to the desk- top computer. Although some educators implementing educational reform (Barstow 1994). However, GIS technology has consider GIS to be a promnising means for been adopted by less than 2 percent of American high schools. The reasons implementing reform, it has been adopted behind the interest in GIS, its slow implementation, its extent in the curriculum, by less than 2 percent of American high and its effectiveness in teaching and learning are unclear. schools. The reasons behind the interest To address these concerns, this research describes the geographic and in GIS, its slow implementation, and its curricular extent to which GIS technology and methods are being implemented effectiveness in teaching and learning are in American secondary education. This research explains why and how GIS is unclear. To address these concerns, this being implemented and assesses the effects of GIS-based lesson modules on research describes the extent to which GIS teaching and on the acquisition of standards-ba