MAPPING GEO-INFORMATION EDUCATION IN EUROPE

At the 2009 AGILE preconference workshop about the European Qualification Framework, it was concluded that no clear overview exists of what GI content is taught where. To help the GI domain getting a clearer picture, a first version of a method for mapping GI teaching content was developed. It uses the first version of the Geoinformation Science & Technology Body of Knowledge as a common frame of reference for characterizing GI courses and curricula, provided by either academic, vocational or private sector. This GI education content mapping method is presented here, together with the results of an exploratory international user survey, including a map of the responses.