The article “Spatial research is altering the shape of early learning” (Page 1, Dec. 25) nicely summarized some recent work by several psychologists and other educators who have found that spatial ...

When looking for wisdom, we often turn to witty writers like Oscar Wilde or sage leaders like Nelson Mandela. That said, there are plenty of less famous people with valuable life lessons to share.

Geography has changed as a subject since you were in school. While students a generation ago memorized state capitals to learn geography, technology has changed the way students learn the subject ...

SINGAPORE: It had been 15 years since I was in secondary school, but I could still feel that familiar feeling of dread as the teacher scanned the class for someone to answer his question. Mr Andrea ...

Explains the concepts of latitude and longitude, which are used to locate places on Earth. It describes how latitude is measured in degrees north or south of the equator and how longitude is measured ...

In order to give the students a sense of orientation, spend a few minutes at the beginning of the lesson with the large map of the world. Some entry behaviour questions and remarks could be: Let's ...

The following is a weekly 60 Minutes commentary by CBS News correspondent Andy Rooney. I keep thinking I ought to go back to school. So much of what I learned is out of date now. Kids have to go to ...

A common perception of geography is that it mainly involves the memorization of capitals, rivers and countries, but in the CSUN geography department, students and faculty view the discipline in a ...

Viscount Willingdon, then governor-general of Canada, attended, as patron, the inaugural meeting of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in 1930. Since that time the Queen's representative has by ...