A GIS Interface for Learning Math through Social Justice Inquiry
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A GIS Interface for Learning Math through Social Justice Inquiry
Kathleen Tully & Gouravjeet Singh
GIS
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Inspired by Gutstein’s work with urban, latino middle school students (Gutstein, 2003)
● Concrete, real world problems● Students develop:
○ Math skills○ Social justice agency
GIS
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What do students need to become active agents of social justice?
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Awareness
● Draw correlations ● Discover complexity of the issues
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Ownership
● Local, neighborhood level data● Issues affecting students’ own families or
lives● Freedom to draw own conclusions
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Skills
● Develop mathematical thought● Data analysis● Cyber/media literacy
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Development of GIS
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First Try
Tried working with open source project Ushahidi
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Redesign Plan
● From the ground up● Integrated with existing community site● Look at existing GIS web applications
Public Data
Sources: google.com/publicdata, socialexplorer.com, nationalatlas.gov, fractracker.org, scorecard.goodguide.com, feedingamerica.org
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Challenges
● Size limits of polygons● Differing APIs● Speed concerns● Scalability● Reliability of data sets
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Technology
● Front-end: Google Map + Javascript’s Angular Framework
● Back-end: Python Django
● Database: PostgreSQL
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Data Sets
● Farmers’ Markets● Retail Food Stores● Restaurants● Census
○ Median household income○ Population density○ Racial makeup
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Features and Functionalities
Features:● Plotting data sets● Different layers● Tagging● Charts view
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Layers
● Search Option
● Layers
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Plotting Data Sets
● Different data sets will compare the growth/prosperity of neighbourhood.
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Tagging
● Tagging using markers
● Grocery stores, Restaurants
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Charts
Visualization will help in:● Comparing different
neighborhoods● Interpreting multiple
data sets
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Primary Use-cases
● Students specify a geographic area.● Students are offered a drop-down list of data
sources.● Students can visually compare more than
one data set ● Students can get a quantitative read out
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Goals for the summer
● Finish code rewrite for following features (and testing)○ Plotting data sets○ Tagging○ Layers
● Upload to Github
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References
E. Gutstein, “Teaching and Learning Math. for Social Justice in an Urban, Latino School,” JRME, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 37-73, Jan, 2003.
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Acknowledgement
● Professor Ron Eglash● Professor Moorthy● Professor Abby Kinchy● CSDT Developers● Triple Helix
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Questions?