What is it about?
This paper presents a new geospatial approach, and a proposal to study the geographic educational path of individuals or social groups identified by researchers using a Geographic Information System (GIS) and spatial statistics. A scheme of research proceedings has been proposed, including obtaining data from various sources (including surveys and other sources, e.g., from the university and OpenStreetMap), their proper preparation and categorisation into one geodatabase on the GIS system, followed by visualisation and the calculation of statistics. The whole research procedure was carried out in GIS. The results can be useful for detecting patterns of educational paths in different countries and social groups, and comparing them. Indirectly, they can be used to study mobility, and to indicate the spatial range of studied schools. The study was carried out among a group of students of geoinformation at the University of Lodz. Visualization and analysis of their geographical educational path showed that most of them attended schools close to where they lived, indicating low mobility during their education. The results obtained may be relevant to the “spatial turn” in education research
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Why is it important?
proposal to study the geographic educational path of individuals or social groups identified by researchers using a Geographic Information System (GIS) and spatial statistics
Perspectives
The results of a geographical educational path study may be used for a thorough study of spatial mobility in terms of daily, temporary and permanent movement.
Iwona Jażdżewska
Uniwersytet Lodzki
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This page is a summary of: GIS-Based Approach for the Analysis of Geographical Education Paths, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, January 2022, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi11010041.
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