GEOGRAPHY

DISCOVER A RANGE OF CAREERS IN GEOGRAPHY

DISCOVER A RANGE OF CAREERS IN GEOGRAPHY

Geography provides a broad and integrating background for careers requiring an understanding of peoples, places, and processes. An education in geography can range from the scientific and highly empirical to ...
HOW CAN WE STUDY THE EARTH AND THE FEATURES IN IT?

HOW CAN WE STUDY THE EARTH AND THE FEATURES IN IT?

Geographers use many tools and techniques to learn about our world. Geographical tools are used by geographers during an inquiry to acquire, process and communicate geographical information. Some of these ...
THE RELEVANCE OF GEOGRAPHY FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

THE RELEVANCE OF GEOGRAPHY FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

Geography is both a natural science and social science; it forms an interdisciplinary bridge to be sure, individual geographers tend to emphasize different aspects of the spatial world. Some geographers ...
FIVE KEY THEMES THAT MAKE UP GEOGRAPHY

FIVE KEY THEMES THAT MAKE UP GEOGRAPHY

The Five Themes were developed by the National Council for Geographic Education to provide an organizing framework for the presentation of geographic materials. There are five main themes of geography: ...
WHY GEOGRAPHY IS IMPORTANT?

WHY GEOGRAPHY IS IMPORTANT?

1. Cultural awareness Inevitably, anything concerning Geography and the Environment will involve human behavior, and the extent to which this behavior differs in regards to the environment. By studying the ...
HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHY

HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHY

The first recorded use of the word geography was by Eratosthenes, a Greek scholar who lived from 276–194 BC who is credited with creating the discipline of geography. Geography is thought ...
THE MEANING OF GEOGRAPHY

THE MEANING OF GEOGRAPHY

The word ‘geography’ originates from two greek words.  The first is ‘geo’ which means ‘the earth’ and the second Greek word is “graph” which means  ‘to write about the Earth ...
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