2012 Call for Award Nominations
The National Council for Geographic Education is dedicated to recognizing educators and advocates who have made outstanding contributions to geography education. Awards are given for teaching, research, and service. Award nomination materials can now be submitted to awards@ncge.org. The Central Office will forward all materials to the appropriate committees for evaluation. Winners are announced in early summer and recipients are recognized at a special ceremony during NCGE’s annual...
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Hello fellow geographers, If you know of anyone who you think should be nominated for this award, please let me know, and as a member of NCGE I can nominate them. This is a great honor, and it would be great to have someone from New Hampshire represente K-12 Distinguished Teaching Award The K-12 Distinguished Teaching Award is designed to recognize and support excellence in geography teaching among elementary, middle, and high school teachers. NCGE proudly honors teachers who have displayed...
Read MoreWeb Based GIS Study
Jung Eun (Jessie) Hong is working on doctoral dissertation research at the University of Colorado, Boulder focusing on training middle school social studies teachers in how to create and customize web-based maps. A total of 30 teachers in Colorado participated in the designing and developing process of the study. Thanks to their support, she has been able to finish developing web-based GIS training tutorials to help teachers develop curricula with web-based maps: GIS for Social Studies...
Read MoreJapan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
The Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for ESD, sponsored by Fulbright Japan, will provide up to 24 U.S. K-12 teachers and administrators with the opportunity to travel to a conference in San Francisco and to Japan to learn about ESD efforts and strengthen ESD curricula in both countries. The program is fully-funded with the exception of some meals. ESD is “a vision of education that seeks to balance human and economic well-being with cultural traditions and respect for the earth’s natural...
Read MoreU.S. – China Teacher Exchange Program
U.S. – China Teacher Exchange Program The National Committee on U.S.-China relations is now seeking applications for an exchange program for teachers in American and Chinese schools. This is an unusual opportunity for schools and districts wishing to begin or strengthen Chinese language and culture programs and for teachers wishing to live and teach in China. Since the program’s inception during the 1996-97 school year, we have had American teachers from across the country in...
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