The GEOTHNK Platform: Connecting Spatial Thinking to Secondary Education

Author

Kavouras, Marinos ; Kokla, Margarita ; Tomai, Eleni ; Darra, Nancy ; Baglatzi, Akyoni ; Sotiriou, Sofoklis A. ; Lazoudis, Angelos

Author_Institution

Sch. of Rural & Surveying Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Zografos, Greece

fYear

2014

fDate

7-10 July 2014

Firstpage

754

Lastpage

758

Abstract

The GEOTHNK project focuses on spatial thinking, a newly acknowledged ability with profound and rewarding effects on numerous aspects of everyday life and science-from giving and following directions and interpreting maps and diagrams, to achieving innovation in STEM disciplines. Spatial thinking constitutes a key competence for life and work in the 21st century and therefore an essential component of European educational and training activities. GEOTHNK aims at enhancing geospatial thinking skills and engaging users in meaningful, inquiry-based learning experiences.

Keywords

cartography; computer aided instruction; geography; European educational activities; European training activities; GEOTHNK platform; STEM disciplines; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics discipline; diagrams; geospatial thinking skills; inquiry-based learning experiences; map interpretation; secondary education; Cities and towns; Cognition; Educational institutions; Geospatial analysis; Materials; Semantics; informal learning; learning pathways; semantic network; spatial thinking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Athens

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2014.221

Filename

6901598