Geographic Information Systems In The Teaching Of Geography In Middle School

Because of its giant function, geographic information system ( GIS) is now widely applied to resources, ecology, environment and sustainable development research. The benefits that geographic information system (GIS) can bring to middle school education are numerous, geographic information system (GIS) needed to become as ubiquitous in the educational system is an ideal tool for innovative geographical education teachers who wish to use more student-centered teaching methods where students play an active part in the learning process, challenging students to think more independently and critically.It is necessary and feasible to apply geographic information system (gis) to secondary school geographic education while our country should adapt to social development. The use of a Geographic Information System (GIS), a modern education technology that can adequately meet requirement of modern education ,of which geography classroom presented to modern methods of geographic research . The use of a gis conform to modern educational idea that Education of knowledge economy time should be education of information. The use of a gis conform to the idea of advancing the reform of geography education. The gis will make the secondary geography education interactive and openly.Application of gis conform to theories of modern education. It is the development of computer technology that make use of gis feasible in the secondary geography. Network provide plenty of information and data. Professional GIS soft is walking into the secondary geography, the appropriate data sets is accessible via the Internet without the need for GIS software or data on local computers. Our country start to value education of gis . Now some middle school meet teaching about GIS .Bringing GIS to geography curriculum in secondary school deal with ideal of teaching, method of teaching, content of teaching, organization of teaching. Applying to GIS will change the ideal of traditional teaching that the education simply teach knowledge of textbook and that the studentonly study their textbook, because of its visual and interactive nature, a GIS challenges students to ask questions, research problems, identify relationships, interpret data, and develop theories based on information presented to them. Instead of just reading about results, students can use a GIS to perform geographic and scientific analysis, which encourages exploration and abstract thinking. Organization of teaching will be interactive.The purpose of the research is to explore how computer-based GIS systems, originally developed for use in industry and government, can enhance the secondary geography . Their data viewing capabilities can enhance curricula by assisting students in learning geographic and spatial reasoning issues, while their data analysis functionality can help to develop students' problem solving skills. Their interdisciplinary nature make them an ideal educational tool for teaching about real-world issues. Their interdisciplinary nature make them an ideal educational tool for teaching about real-world issues .The interactive and visual nature of GIS are generally more interesting to students and have been shown to increase students' learning in comparison to traditional methods GIS is a good complement for secondary education .The benefits that GIS can bring to education are numerous.