She was educated at Mount Holyoke College (A.B., 1973), the University of Chicago (M.A.T., 1974) and Texas A&M University (Ph.D., 1992). Grosvenor Honors for Geographic Education (2007) and was an inaugural AAG Fellow. Bednarz holds a University Professorship for Teaching Excellence, received the Gilbert H. She served on the Leadership Team for the Texas A&M ADVANCE grant and was an active participant in the Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence (STRIDE) component of the grant designed to reduce bias in search and award processes. As a member of the Healthy Departments Committee, she organized professional development workshops for department leaders and presented sessions on planning for promotion and tenure and mid-career success strategies.
Bednarz has also focused on higher education policies.
In 2013 she co-chaired the Geography Education Research Committee (GERC) of the Road Map for 21st Century Geography Education Project.ĭr. She was principal investigator (PI) on two major curriculum and educational research projects co-authored the national geography standards, Geography for Life (19) participated in the National Research Council Learning to Think Spatially project and helped to develop the National Assessment of Educational Performance (NAEP) framework in geography. Bednarz’s research interests are in the intersection of teaching and learning geospatial technologies and spatial and geographic thinking. She also previously served as president of the American Association of Geographers (AAG). To encourage a generation of informed decision-makers, Life prepares learners to think critically while teaching the English skills needed communicate effectively.A practical, competency-based syllabus helps learners in their development of grammar, vocabulary, functions, pronunciation and skills through appropriate communicative tasks.Real life lessons model and practice everyday functions, preparing learners to use language in the real world.National Geographic video in each unit allows teachers to bring lessons to life.Information-rich topics and a carefully designed critical thinking syllabus challenges learners to understand texts at a deeper level.Vocabulary is introduced thematically, with additional emphasis on key words and word building in Word focus and Word building sections.Sarah Witham Bednarz is professor emerita of geography at Texas A&M University, where she served as associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Geosciences from 2008 to 2014. Learners will strengthen their existing global connections while learning the English skills needed for communication in the 21st century. National Geographic Learning brings the world to your classroom with Life, a six-level integrated-skills series featuring content from National Geographic presented through stunning images, text, and video.
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