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Essential competences for GIS learning in higher education: a synthesis of international curricular documents in the GIS&T domain

Uwe Schulze Institute for Science Education, University Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, Fortstraße 7, 76829, Landau, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Detlef Kanwischer Department of Human Geography, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Robert-Mayer-Straße 6-8, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Christoph Reudenbach Department of Geography, Philipps-University Marburg, Deutschhausstraße 10, 35032, Marburg, Germany
Pages 257-275 | Received 22 Dec 2011, Accepted 01 Nov 2012, Published online: 04 Feb 2013

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