World Sketch Maps: Drawing Skills or Map Knowledge?
| dc.contributor.author | Saarinen, Tom | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-27T18:19:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-06-27T18:19:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this paper is to determine whether sketch maps drawn by adults reflect drawing ability or geographic knowledge. Data come from the “Parochial Views of the World” project, a worldwide study of mental maps of the world. Three types of data are analyzed: 1) answers provided by participants who completed follow-up interviews and questions immediately following a world map sketching exercise, 2) a complete sketch map by a fine sketcher, and 3) sample portions of two representative sketch maps. Results indicate that geographic knowledge is the key factor in sketch map quality with sketchers’ home continents and most familiar areas being best represented irrespective of the difficulty involved in drawing them. | |
| dc.description.department | Geography and Environmental Studies | |
| dc.format | Text | |
| dc.format.extent | 19 pages | |
| dc.format.medium | 1 file (.pdf) | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Saarinen, T. F. (2001). World sketch maps: Drawing skills or map knowledge? Research in Geographic Education, 3(1), pp. 32-50. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1529-0085 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10877/16970 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | The Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education | |
| dc.source | Research in Geographic Education, 2001, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 32-50. | |
| dc.subject | mental maps | |
| dc.subject | sketch maps | |
| dc.subject | geographic education | |
| dc.subject | drawing ability | |
| dc.subject | geographic knowledge | |
| dc.title | World Sketch Maps: Drawing Skills or Map Knowledge? | |
| dc.type | Article |