HIGHER GEOGRAPHICAL EDUCATION IN THE USA: ORGANIZATION AND SPATIAL STRUCTURE
Abstract
The history and the current state of higher geographical education in the United States are discussed, as well as its internal spatial and organizational structure and current place in the world education system. The main stages of the institutional history of geographical education in American universities are summarized, and the main factors leading to the current growth of its popularity are demonstrated. The composition of geographic education programs is analyzed for all US universities; the dominance of human-geographical disciplines is shown. The main features of spatial organization of different levels of geographical education are revealed, and the leading centers of geographic education are identified.
About the Author
R. A. Dokhov
Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Department of Social-Economic Geography of Foreign Countries, postgraduate student.
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Department of Social-Economic Geography of Foreign Countries, postgraduate student.
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Dokhov R.A. HIGHER GEOGRAPHICAL EDUCATION IN THE USA: ORGANIZATION AND SPATIAL STRUCTURE. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2017;(4):84-93. (In Russ.)
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