Teachers' Attitudes, Beliefs and Perceptions Towards Disseminated Information and Guidance from Leaders in Geographic Education: An Examination of the Trickle-Down Effect

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dc.contributor.authorPatton, Matthew T.
dc.contributor.authorBlanchard, R. Denise
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-05T21:11:51Z
dc.date.available2023-12-05T21:11:51Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractFor well-over four decades, and through formal and informal means, leaders in geographic education have operated from a hierarchical position whereby information and guidance for teaching K-12 geography is primarily disseminated through books, monographs, reports and documents from "higher" levels of geographic education to the practitioners, the teachers, of geography in the classroom. Leaders assert in many publications to their own research community that K-12 teachers will benefit from programs, materials, information and guidance created by, and issued from leaders and professionals in geographic education. However, little is known regarding the extent to which K-12 geography teachers know about and/or are willing to act upon disseminated information and guidance. Quantitative results from a survey of teachers from the Texas Alliance for Geographic Education and the Texas Council for the Social Studies indicated that teachers are familiar with major documents and publications disseminated from well-known leaders in geographic education; however, receiving information and guidance is not enough. Teachers call for additional professional development, especially through networking and use of the Internet, so that they might know how to apply information and guidance to classroom teaching.
dc.description.departmentGeography and Environmental Studies
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dc.format.extent34 pages
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dc.identifier.citationPatton, M.T. & Blanchard, R.D. (2016). Teachers' Attitudes, Beliefs and Perceptions Towards Disseminated Information and Guidance from Leaders in Geographic Education: An Examination of the Trickle-Down Effect. Research in Geographic Education, 18(2), pp. 26-59.
dc.identifier.issn1529-0085
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/17343
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education
dc.sourceResearch in Geographic Education, 2016, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 26-59.
dc.subjectgeography
dc.subjectK-12 geographic education
dc.subjectgeographic education communication
dc.subjectmajor research in geographic education
dc.subjectteaching geography research
dc.titleTeachers' Attitudes, Beliefs and Perceptions Towards Disseminated Information and Guidance from Leaders in Geographic Education: An Examination of the Trickle-Down Effect
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