Schemas

Schemas interpret, synthesize, and model aspects of spatial thinking that draw on and interact with selected concepts. They can be simple taxonomies, conceptual models, pedagogical frameworks, etc. The following examples are intended to seed this collection, and we encourage contributions, which can be submitted via the 'Create Content' menu option. For help publishing a schema, email us.

A Taxonomy of Spatial Thinking
from I. Jo and S. Bednarz (2009)
Expanding the NRC (2006)
Elements of Spatial Thinking
K. Grossner
  
Primitives of Spatial Knowledge
from Golledge (1995)
 
Spatial-Temporal Primitives
from Kaufman (2004)		  
Foundation Concepts in Spatial Thinking
from Janelle and Goodchild (2009)		  
Cognition and the Geosciences
from Kastens and Ishikawa (2006)

Elements of Settlement Form Design
from Lynch (1984)		    

Schema, n. [OED]

1. a. Philos. In Kant: Any one of certain forms or rules of the ‘productive imagination’ through which the understanding is able to apply its ‘categories’ to the manifold of sense-perception in the process of realizing knowledge or experience.

2. a. A diagrammatic representation

    b. In gen. use, a hypothetical outline or plan; a theoretical construction; a draft, design.