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Philip Gersmehl

Philip Gersmehl

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Geography, Environment & Society
414 Social Sciences Building

267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Collegiate Affiliation
Geography, Environment & Society
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  • Activities
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Specialties
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Specialties

  • geogrpahic education
  • spatial cognition
  • North America
  • physical geography
Publications
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Publications

Activities
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Activities

Professional

  • Principal Investigator: direct national curriculum project. 1992 - 2007

Outreach

  • State Dept of education: review geography standards. 2003 - 2004
  • Northstar: cooperate with school. 1999 - 2004

Research

  • Spatial cognition: how do children learn geography. 2002 - none
Awards
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Awards

  • College of Liberal Arts Teaching Award, 1985 - none
  • NCGE Excellence in Media award, 2001 - none
  • AAG Grosvenor Award, 2002 - none
  • AAAS Fellow, 2004 - none
Courses
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Courses

  • Geog 5775 - Geographic Education
  • Geog 8003 - Proseminar: Historical Geography
  • Environmental Systems
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215 Johnston Hall

101 Pleasant St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455

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