Space in Mind: Concepts for Spatial Learning and Education - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262028298 ISBN 13: 9780262028295

Publisher: Mit Pr, 2015

Synopsis

Leading researchers offer a range of disciplinary perspectives on the implications of spatial thinking and reasoning for education and learning.

The current “spatial turn” in many disciplines reflects an emerging scholarly interest in space and spatiality as central components in understanding the natural and cultural worlds. In Space in Mind, leading researchers from a range of disciplines examine the implications of research on spatial thinking and reasoning for education and learning. Their contributions suggest ways in which recent work in such fields as spatial cognition, geographic information systems, linguistics, artificial intelligence, architecture, and data visualization can inform spatial approaches to learning and education.

After addressing the conceptual foundations of spatial thinking for education and learning, the book considers visualization, both external (for example, diagrams and maps) and internal (imagery and other mental spatial representations); embodied cognition and spatial understanding; and the development of specific spatial curricula and literacies.

Contributors
Kinnari Atit, John Bateman, Ruth Conroy Dalton, Ghislain Deslongchamps, Bonnie Dixon, Roger M. Downs, Daniel R. Montello, Christian Freksa, Michael F. Goodchild, Karl Grossner, Mary Hegarty, Scott R. Hinze, Christoph Hölscher, Alycia M. Hund, Donald G. Janelle, Sander Lestrade, Evie Malaia, Nora S. Newcombe, David N. Rapp, Thomas F. Shipley, Holger Schultheis, Mary Jane Shultz, Diana Sinton, Mike Stieff, Thora Tenbrink, Basil Tikoff, Dido Tsigaridi, David Waller, Ranxiao Frances Wang, Ronnie Wilbur, Kenneth C. Williamson, Vickie M. Williamson

About this title

About the Author:

Daniel R. Montello is Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0262028298
• ISBN 13: 9780262028295
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 341
• Editor: Montello Daniel R., Grossner Karl, Janelle Donald G.