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In this chapter, we discuss some of the implications of the 2006 revision of the Norwegian national curriculum. The reforms made Norway a pioneer in establishing Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in lower education since it made GIS a compulsory part of geography and geoscience. We describe the status of GIS in upper secondary school teaching by presenting prosperous case examples, a beta version of a new Web atlas for Norway, as well as the more established Google Earth. Thanks to such free Web-based applications, the chapter concludes, Norwegian school teachers do not need to change existing teaching practice significantly.
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Rød, J.K., Andersland, S., Knudsen, A.F. (2012). Norway: National Curriculum Mandates and the Promise of Web-Based GIS Applications. In: Milson, A., Demirci, A., Kerski, J. (eds) International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning with GIS in Secondary Schools. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2120-3_21
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