The Role of Geographic Education in Shaping the Muslim Image of the World

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dc.contributor.authorIbrahim, Mohamed Babiker
dc.contributor.authorSaarinen, Tom
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-10T16:44:39Z
dc.date.available2023-04-10T16:44:39Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.description.abstractThe role of geographic education in shaping the Muslim map image of the world is examined in this paper. University students from four Arab Muslim countries, Morocco, Sudan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia were asked to sketch a map of the world on a blank sheet of paper as part of a worldwide study of sketch map images of the world. The strong focus of the Muslim students on the Islamic nations of Asia and Africa, and their more limited knowledge of other world areas, contrasted sharply with the more Eurocentric image of the total world sample. An initial disadvantage faced by the Arab students was the rarity of map use in their societies. Other aspects of their geographic education which affect the quality of their sketch maps of the world are pointed out and suggestions for improvement are offered to the Arabs and the rest of the world.
dc.description.departmentGeography and Environmental Studies
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dc.format.extent28 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationIbrahim, M. B., & Saarinen, T. F. (2000). The role of geographic education in shaping the Muslim image of the world. Research in Geographic Education, 2(2), pp. 25-52.
dc.identifier.issn1529-0085
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/16546
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education
dc.sourceResearch in Geographic Education, 2000, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 25-52.
dc.subjectsketch maps
dc.subjectworld
dc.subjectMuslim
dc.subjectgeographic education
dc.subjectArab
dc.subjectmental maps
dc.titleThe Role of Geographic Education in Shaping the Muslim Image of the World
dc.typeArticle

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