Resources for Preservice Education: A Personal Perspective

Gail Ludwig and I met in late August 1994 to outline this special issue of the Journal. We spent part of the day brainstorming about what ought to be included and then a few hours thinking about the types of articles we could solicit that would be both useful and fun. This section addresses those ideas. Gail and I asked a number of leading geographic educators to recommend five books that every preservice student (and educator) should read and to explain why each book should be required reading. The diversity of responses mirrors the eclectic nature of geographic educators—and the richness of our field. Here follows the “top five” of James Binko, Sr. Madeleine Gregg, James M. Marran, and Salvatore J. Natoli.—Sarah W. Bednarz