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The Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS Institute: Assessing the Effectiveness of a GIS Professional Development Institute

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Pages 1160-1182 | Received 04 Mar 2019, Accepted 11 May 2020, Published online: 23 Sep 2020
 

Abstract

The authors assessed eight years of a national professional development institute focused on providing geographic information systems (GIS) teaching and technical skills for educators, titled Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS (T3G). Through a survey (N = 276 [out of a total population of 450]), the authors determined that the institute generally met its goals of equipping educators so that they could (1) teach GIS concepts and skills for their peers, (2) create GIS-based curricula, and (3) communicate the value of GIS to other disciplines. Over the eight years that the institute ran in a face-to-face format, the institute reflected broad changes in GIS technology and methods, including the transition from desktop to Web-based GIS and the movement to shorter lessons. Our study also revealed challenges and benefits of this model of professional development and broader issues of adoption of GIS in primary, secondary, university, and informal areas of education. These revelations allowed us to expose and evaluate strategies to advance the implementation and effectiveness of the use of GIS in instruction.

本文评估了八年的“教师培训教师地理信息系统”(T3G)。做为全国性职业发展机构, T3G旨在为地理信息系统(GIS)教师提供教学和技术培训。通过调查(采样数276, 总体数450), 本文确定T3G基本实现了目标, 使得教师可以(1)教授GIS概念和技术, (2)设立GIS课程, 3)向其它领域宣传GIS的价值。在过去八年中, T3G采用面对面的形式, 反映了GIS技术和方法的演变(桌面到网络GIS转变, 向短课时转变)。本文展示了该职业发展模式的挑战和优势, 以及在小学、中学、大学和非正式教育领域内使用GIS的问题。这些结果, 使得我们可以展现和评价在教学中应用GIS的策略。

Los autores evaluaron ocho años de un instituto nacional de desarrollo profesional enfocado en la provisión de enseñanza y habilidades técnicas a educadores sobre sistemas de información geográfica (SIG), con la denominación de Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS (T3G) [Maestros que Enseñan SIG a Maestros]. Por medio de un estudio (N = 276 [de un total de población de 450]), los autores determinaron que el instituto generalmente alcanzó sus metas de formar a los educadores de modo que ellos pudiesen (1) enseñar a sus pares los conceptos y habilidades de los SIG, (2) crear currículos basados en SIG, y (3) comunicar el valor de los SIG en otras disciplinas. A lo largo de los ocho años que el instituto operó en formato presencial, este reflejó los cambios mayores de la tecnología y métodos SIG, incluyendo la transición del escritorio a SIG basados en la Web y el desplazamiento hacia lecciones más cortas. Nuestro estudio reveló también los cambios y ventajas de este modelo de desarrollo profesional y los aspectos más amplios de la adopción de los SIG en la primaria, la secundaria, la universidad y en las áreas informales de la educación. Estas revelaciones nos permitieron exponer y evaluar estrategias para impulsar la implementación y eficacia del uso de los SIG en la instrucción.

Supplemental Materials

Supplemental data for this article can be accessed on the publisher's site https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2020.1799745.

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Notes on contributors

Michael N. DeMers

MICHAEL N. DEMERS is a Professor in the Department of Geography at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003. E-mail: [email protected]. His research interests include GIScience, geographic education, serious games for learning, geospatial thinking, and landscape ecology.

Joseph J. Kerski

JOSEPH J. KERSKI is an Education Manager at ESRI, Inc., Broomfield, CO 80021, and an instructor of GIS at the University of Denver, Denver, CO 80021-3200. E-mail: [email protected]. His research interests focus on the implementation and effectiveness of GIS in education.

Christopher J. Sroka

CHRISTOPHER J. SROKA is an Assistant Professor in Applied Statistics at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003. E-mail: [email protected]. His research focuses on measuring health disparities along the U.S.–Mexico border and interventions to reduce obesity.

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