EDUC 591H - Workshop: Teaching Geography

Why do people migrate? What factors determine city location, growth, and development? How does place influence the spread of disease? These questions form the basis of inquiry for geographers, teachers, and students. In exploring such questions, this video workshop for seventh through twelfth-grade teachers provides a strong foundation in geography content and inquiry teaching skills, as outlined in the National Geography Standards. The video programs combine case studies that profile locations around the globe, engaging classroom segments, and commentary from geography and pedagogy experts.

Activities and discussion questions from the accompanying print guide and website supplement the programs, providing for a richer understanding of geography education.
Review the coursework requirements and the supporting website for more information.

Annenberg Media (formerly Annenberg/CPB) funds and distributes multimedia professional development courses and resources to advance excellent teaching in American schools. These educational video programs with coordinated Web and text materials help teachers enhance their expertise in their fields and refine their teaching methods. The School of Education at Colorado State University offers graduate credit for teachers enrolled in these professional development courses. Educational video programs with coordinated interactive web and text resources form the basis for these courses and can be accessed at the Annenberg Media website.

Instructors

Tom Davis
(970) 493-4069
unsui2632@comcast.net

Cindy O'Donnell-Allen
(970) 491-5161
cindyoa@lamar.colostate.edu

Ph.D. Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum, University of Oklahoma; M.S. Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum, University of Oklahoma; B.S. Secondary Language Arts Education, University of Oklahoma.

Professor O'Donnell-Allen teaches courses in literacy, composition, pedagogy and adolescents' literature. Her research explores the ways in which discursive practices serve as tools for collaborative knowledge construction in learning communities. She has published articles and chapters on adolescents' literary meaning construction in multimedia interpretive texts; the influence of nested contexts on students' engagement with literature; the relationships among gender, language, and power in school; and the role of relational frameworks in collaborative learning. Her current research projects include a three-year longitudinal study on the development of a teacher research group into a discourse community and a study of the ways pre-service English teachers voluntarily access and construct narratives in the process of learning to teach.

Dawn Mallette
(970) 491-5319
dawnm@cahs.colostate.edu