Terms of Reference 1995-1999
The commission aims to:
- identify people working in the area of mapping and children (or
who are interested in this subject area) and prepare and make available an
inventory of these people (in digital and paper format) containing their names,
adresses, and areas of interest.
- prepare for dissemination a select bibliography on topic/subject
areas related to mapping and children. This will include tha nature and impact
of the new technologies such as multimedia.
- survey and document the nature of mapping instruction that
elementary children receive in different countries (e.g., the sequence of the
introduction of map skills, nature fo the instructional materials, problems
encountered, etc.).
- prepare a draft, for possible publication, of preliminary
guidelines for encouraging children's interaction with maps, and introducing
children to maps and spatial concepts trough both traditional methods and
the new technologies.
- prepare, for the Executive of the ICA, draft guidelines for the
International judging criteria of the Barbara Petchenik Children's Map Award.