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Chapter 4
Teaching Cartographical Skills in Different
Educational Systems of EU

Eszter Simonn ´ Domb ´ v ´ ri

Abstract The European Union means a union of countries with different past and
development, various national traditions, customs and educational systems. The
main aim of these educational systems is to import growing and basic knowledge in
a socially institutionalized way. Teaching cartography is one little piece of these
systems and it appears at different level of these education systems. We can obtain
this knowledge in many ways with the help of numberless educational tools. With
the new possibilities of the web mapping 2.0, method and content of teaching
expands and a new quality in teaching and training comes into life. The aim of
this research is to find the answer on the questions what the role of cartography
knowledge is in various educational systems; how different educational systems
influence teaching cartography; how we can improve the cartographic education in
schools with experiences from different countries; what the role of new media in
education is and beside traditional tools and what new techniques are offered in the
field of cartography teaching. These experiences of comparisons can help us to
improve cartographic education in schools.

4.1 Introduction

The European Union means a union of countries with different past and develop-
ment, various educational systems, national traditions and customs. The member
states pay great attention to care for cultural diversity and preservation of national
values (Orm´ndi 2006 ). These differences give the multicolourness of the Union.
The European Union was an economic cooperation until the 1990s but it is a lot
more now, a global economic and political integration which also affects education.
A kind of globalization can be observed in this field as well. The role of the