Two sessions that will be of interest to colleagues. Abstracts can be submitted at http://www.aag.org/cs/annualmeeting/call_for_papers. Informally enquiries to [log in to unmask], please.
(1) Session ID: 13800
Teaching quantitative methods and numeracy in Geography: challenges, opportunities and new ways of learning
(Sponsored by the Geography Education Specialty Group)
A concern across many social science and related disciplines has been the deskilling of students in quantitative methods, with consequences to the viability and relevance of the disciplines in policy debate, the career opportunities available to the students and, potentially, the economic competitiveness of the nations within which a loss of quantitative methods capacity is taking place.
But, it doesn't have to be this way! Geography has a long-tradition of innovation both in the research and teaching of quantitative methods. This session is an opportunity to bring people together that are teaching quantitative methods within the discipline to offer peer support and knowledge exchange.
The session invites lecturers, teachers and instructors involved in the teaching of quantitative to share examples of the challenges, frustrations, the opportunities and of best practice in supporting students' learning.
Examples of ways to "turn students on" to the importance of quantitative methods, new technologies and/or learning curricula especially are welcome, as are case studies on students' attitudes to quantitative methods in geography, and how those might be challenged and changed.
It will be an Interactive Short Paper Session, consisting of 10-14 5-minute PowerPoint presentations followed by interactive roundtable discussion.
"Old hands" and early career / postgraduate students alike are all invited as we come together and discuss ways of helping students see and to value quantitative methods at the core of the discipline: not just a specialist option of marginal interest but central to what geography is and how it is practiced.
(2) Session ID: 13797
New approaches in quantitative social geography: new data, new methods, new insights
New data, new technologies and new ideas have led to a resurgence in the theories and methods of quantitative social geography. This session will focus on the use of hierarchical, micro-, open and unorthodox sources of data to address questions of relevance to social geography and policy. Contributions are invited in but are not limited to areas of spatial analysis, open geodemographics, understanding population dynamics, neighborhood analysis, understanding change over time, and the affects of (urban or rural) policy on people and places. Examples of methodological innovation and of applied data analysis are welcome.
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