PRELIMINARY COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF GIS EDUCATION: LINKING PRACTITIONERS

AND EDUCATORS

Michael N. DeMers October 12, 2012

I AM AGIS INSTUCTOR

To save time let’s just assume I never

make mistakes

Top Performers

Bottom Performers

Problem

solvi

ng

Thinkin

g spati

ally

Communicating r

esults

Metadata

and data

man

agem

ent

Database

design

Error a

nalysis

and ed

iting

Data m

odels an

d data st

ructu

res

Learn

ing the s

oftware

Team

work

Data ac

quisition

Applications o

f GIS

Time m

anag

emen

t

Data in

put

Model build

ing

Understan

ding workfl

ows

Projec

t exp

erien

ce

Projec

t man

agem

ent

Theo

retical

foundati

ons of G

IS

Data ac

cess

GIS rel

ated pro

gramming

Syste

m configu

ration an

d networki

ng

Team

building

Secu

rity

Workf

orce cu

lture

Institutional

design

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1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Concept Average Ranks (Max = 7)

PractitionersEducators

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mely Im

portant

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10.00%

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60.00%

70.00%

Problem Solving

PractitionersEducators

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60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

Spatial Thinking

PractitionersEducators

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nt

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portant

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portant

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portant

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portant

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mely Im

portant

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15.00%

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25.00%

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35.00%

40.00%

45.00%

50.00%

Communicating Results

PractitionersEducators

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nt

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portant

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portant

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nt nor U

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portant

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portant

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25.00%

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35.00%

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45.00%

Workforce Culture

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nt

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portant

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portant

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portant

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mely Im

portant

0.00%

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50.00%

60.00%

Learning the Software

PractitionerEducator