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Reflecting on the purpose of mapwork in primary schooling / Simon Catling in International journal of cartography, vol 6 n° 3 (October 2020)  

Public [article]  inInternational journal of cartography > vol 6 n° 3 (October 2020) . - pp 270 - 283 Titre : Reflecting on the purpose of mapwork in primary schooling Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Simon Catling, Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Article en page(s) : pp 270 - 283 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] atlas [Termes IGN] enseignement primaire [Termes IGN] formation [Termes IGN] géographie locale [Termes IGN] information cartographique [Termes IGN] lecture de carte [Termes IGN] représentation mentale spatiale [Vedettes matières IGN] Cartologie Résumé : (auteur) Two purposes have dominated map teaching in primary education. First is the focus on map skills which enables, secondly, younger children to begin to read maps for place information to appreciate what is shown on a paper or digital map. This article extends these purposes by recognising other aspects of children’s map learning which usually remain implicit or are rarely countenanced. One concerns primary children’s out-of-school mapping in their daily lives, the ways they make sense of the places they engage with through their personal geographies. Rather than an adjunct in map teaching, younger children’s mental mapping can be engaged and enhanced through conscious use and reflection throughout primary schooling. Two further important contexts involve children using local large-scale maps and atlas maps. Children encounter imaginary maps in stories and games providing a role for such maps in fostering children’s map learning. These map learning contexts and maps have emotional connections for children. This is that mapping at local and national scales fosters their senses of local belonging and national identity. Drawing on these contexts, 12 purposes are identified for primary map learning. Numéro de notice : A2020-657 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : GEOMATIQUE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1080/23729333.2020.1770480 Date de publication en ligne : 15/06/2020 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1080/23729333.2020.1770480 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=96125 [article]