SINGAPORE: It had been 15 years since I was in secondary school, but I could still feel that familiar feeling of dread as the teacher scanned the class for someone to answer his question. Mr Andrea ...

Geography has changed as a subject since you were in school. While students a generation ago memorized state capitals to learn geography, technology has changed the way students learn the subject ...

Middle school teachers from 16 counties will learn skills to help their students explore the world through a course funded by the National Geographic Society Education Foundation. The program’s open ...

A common perception of geography is that it mainly involves the memorization of capitals, rivers and countries, but in the CSUN geography department, students and faculty view the discipline in a ...

Explains the concepts of latitude and longitude, which are used to locate places on Earth. It describes how latitude is measured in degrees north or south of the equator and how longitude is measured ...

Refer to "The biggest failure of the international community" [PDF, 952Kb] for background information to this lesson. It is suggested that this lesson be treated as a lecture by the teacher. Ensure ...

I didn’t like junior high school geography. If I had a choice in the matter, I would have jumped at the chance to suffer through triple periods of science if it meant not learning anything about ...