Seeking Synthesis: An Integration Exercise for Teaching Regional Geography

This article describes a lesson plan on achieving synthesis, the integration of diverse information sources to create a new whole, vital to the intellectual task of the geographer. This is true regardless of the type of geography being conducted or studied. Synthesis remains central to geography, wh...

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Published inGeography teacher (Erie, Pa.) Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 25 - 28
Main Author Jones, Mark C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Taylor & Francis Group 2014
Routledge
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Advanced Placement
Africa
Asia
Critical Thinking
Europe
Foreign Countries
Geographic Regions
Geography
Geography Instruction
Intellectual Disciplines
Interdisciplinary Approach
Lesson Plans
North America
Synthesis
Writing Skills
Asia
North America
Africa
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Summary:This article describes a lesson plan on achieving synthesis, the integration of diverse information sources to create a new whole, vital to the intellectual task of the geographer. This is true regardless of the type of geography being conducted or studied. Synthesis remains central to geography, whether understanding a region, pulling together an undergraduate course of study by means of a capstone course, or blending the diverse research specialties into a coherent academic discipline. This lesson plan (based on "Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment, Development" (Rowntree et al. 2011) as the course text) is part of a course intended to introduce the students to geography as a discipline, give them a foundational knowledge of several macro regions, and further develop the critical thinking and writing skills needed for college.
ISSN:1933-8341
1752-6884
DOI:10.1080/19338341.2013.854261