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World regional geography
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1 online resource : colour illustrations, colour maps
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print - Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2016]-
- Distributor: [Victoria] : BCcampus, BC Open Textbook Project
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| System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Information Relating to Copyright Status: | This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. |
| Source of Description Note: | This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 "No Rights Reserved" license. Online version, [2016] edition; title from PDF (viewed on July 25, 2016). |
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| Subject: | Geography -- Textbooks |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
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Summary:
"World Regional Geography presents an overview of the discipline by introducing students to key themes and concepts in the discipline of geography through a study of the world's regions. This text approaches geography as experts understand the discipline, focusing on connections and an in-depth understanding of core themes. This thematic approach, informed by pedagogical research, provides students with an introduction to thinking geographically. This text emphasizes depth over breadth by arranging each chapter around a central theme and then exploring that theme in detail as it applies to the particular region. In addition, while chapters are designed to stand alone and be rearranged or eliminated at the instructor's discretion, the theme of globalization and inequality unites all of the regions discussed. This core focus enables students to draw connections between regions and to better understand the interconnectedness of our world. This text was written with the backward course design model in mind and the content of each chapter was structured around these learning objectives. Because of this backward design focus, the length of each chapter is considerably shorter than most traditional textbooks. The intention is for the instructor to supplement the text with problems, case studies, and news articles and to use the text as a springboard for discussing deeper issues"--BC Campus website.
