Share ideas that matter on the social web and experience
the benefits of curating the world's best content.
I don't have a Facebook, a Twitter or a LinkedIn account
|
Rescooped by John Slifko from Geography Education onto Democracy in Place and Space |
Scoop.it!
This evening I had the great pleasure of listening to one of my mentors from my days at Penn State, Roger Downs. He spoke brilliantly about the importance of understanding expertise within the fi...
Archived here are the PDF and PPT files from Roger Downs professional development talk presented at the AP Human Geography reading entitled, "Expertise in Geography."
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
 Your new post is loading...
Scoop.it!
"Freedom House has been at the forefront in monitoring threats to media independence since 1980. A free press plays a key role in sustaining and monitoring a healthy democracy, as well as in contributing to greater accountability, good government, and economic development. Most importantly, restrictions on media are often an early indicator that governments intend to assault other democratic institutions." This interactive map shows some intriguing spatial patterns about the freedom of press internationally. What other patterns to you see in matching up with the most free presses in the world (in green)? How does a free (or not free press) influence the cultural and political values of a country? Via Seth Dixon Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
|
Scoop.it!
The Atlantic CitiesThe Real Boundaries of the Bible BeltThe Atlantic CitiesReligion in America has an unmistakable geographic dimension.
We often hear people in the deep South describe there state as the buckle in the Bible Belt. This map of religiousity in the United States shows a clear Bible Belt with other interesting patterns (with some pertinent political ramifications in an election year). Via Seth Dixon Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
|
