An Assessment of Influences on the Implementation of the National Geography Standards

This paper contributes to the dearth of literature on the implementation of the National Geography Standards. A survey instrument was sent to Teacher Consultants from 25 randomly selected Geography Education Alliances. Based on the data presented we concluded that there is a relationship between the implementation of the National Geography Standards and four independent variables, including preservice training, inservice training (geography institutes and workshops), and number of minutes per week geography is taught.