How is geography taught in Australian schools?
It is a subject that needs a lot of skills. If teachers want students to do a mapping assignment then they start off with the basics, such as how to draw a map and how to use skills such as border orientation, legends, titles, scales, etc. Then there might be a little exercise like finding something on an imaginary map to get the students interested. Then students might measure the scale of the map. This is often one of the hardest aspects of geography. There is new aspect of geography now called computerisation. There are new computerised mapping programs coming into schools in Australia and teachers have to learn how to use the program. It’s exciting for the students because many of them aren’t very good at drawing maps and now they can ‘draw’ a map that looks really good. Oz-Indo Connections AII Muslim Exchange Program Dadi Darmadi and Alimatul Qibtiyah recently participated in the the Muslim Exchange Program to Australia sponsored by the Australia Indonesia Institute (AII). They we
