A very interesting interview (as a podcast) by David DiBiase on the issue of the GIS&T Body of Knowledge by UCGIS. The UCGIS website was hacked and the documents are not around, but the interview does cover some history and justification for the GIS&T Body of Knowledge. Perhaps you can enjoy it at some later stage.
It is interesting to hear about recognition of Geography and GIS outside the discipline, how the taskforce managed to accomplish its goals and once again, the help provided by ESRI (requiring products was, according to me, a great help). Enjoy listening to it, especially if you are familiar with the NCGIA Core Curriculum Project.
Please note the following golden quote:
Academic Geographers were severely over-represented in this first edition and the reason is quite plain. Academic geographers are paid to do [...] service… My hope is that now that this effort has received some attention. [...] I think we will be able to do a good job recruiting a more deverse number of people from industry as well as academia[...]
This may actually be key to one of my upcoming posts on GIS and education.
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