NCRGE Co-Sponsors Symposium for an International Geography Assessment
An international effort is underway to design and develop a geography assessment based on the successful model used by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) for…
AAG 2017 CFP: Transformative Research in Geography Education
For the 2017 AAG Annual Meeting in Boston, NCRGE is organizing a track of sessions on the topic of "Transformative Research in Geography Education." Please find the full Call for…
NCRGE Announces First Round of Transformative Research Grants
The National Center for Research in Geography Education (NCRGE), a research coordination network funded by the National Science Foundation, has announced the first cohort of researchers funded by its Transformative…
GeoCapabilities: A New Website for Developing Teachers as Curriculum Leaders
GeoCapabilities: A New Website for Developing Teachers as Curriculum Leaders The GeoCapabilities project has produced a teacher training website () that draws on principles of human capability development as an…
Pre-Release Scope of Work for Research Coordination Network
NCRGE has made available a scope of work in anticipation of a formal request for proposals to foster transformative research in geography education.
GeoCapabilities activities in Japan
In February 2016 Michael Solem visited the University of Nara (hosted by Prof HIROSE Yuzo), the University of Nagoya (hosted by Prof KUNO Hiroyuki) and Joetsu University of Education (hosted…
GeoSTEM project website now available
The GeoSTEM pilot project has concluded with the official public release of the project website. Visit to see the results!
NCRGE capacity building programs
Earlier this summer the National Center for Research in Geography Education sent a survey to the research coordination network (RCN) in an effort to identify and prioritize new capacity-building activities…
Workshop for GeoSTEM II
In the summer of 2015, the National Center for Research in Geography Education convened a workshop to advance preparations for a second phase of the GeoSTEM project. This effort was funded…
NCRGE to announce plans for capacity building programs
In March 2015, a survey was distributed to members of the research coordination network (RCN) in an effort to identify and prioritize new activities and services aimed at catalyzing transformative research…