DEVELOPMENT OF A FLEXIBLE HIGHER EDUCATION CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE
A wide range of geographic information science (GIScience) educational programs currently exist,the oldest now over 25 years.Offerings vary from those specifically focussed on geographic information science,to those that utilise geographic information systems in various applications and disciplines.Over the past two decades,there have been a number of initiatives to design curricula for GIScience,including the NCGIA Core Curriculum,GIS&T Body of Knowledge and the Geospatial Technology Competency Model developments.The rapid developments in geospatial technology,applications and organisations means that curricula need to constantly be updated and developed to maintain currency and relevance.This paper reviews the curriculum initiatives and outlines a new and flexible GIScience higher education curriculum framework which complements and utilises existing curricula.This new framework was applied to the GIScience programs at Curtin University in Perth,Australia which has surpassed 25 years of GIScience education.Some of the results of applying this framework are outlined and discussed.
GIS geographic information science GIScience geospatial higher education curriculum education development
Bert Veenendaal
Department of Spatial Sciences,Curtin University,GPO Box U1987,Perth,Australia
国内会议
苏州
英文
77-82
2014-05-14（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）