Studio portrait of Dr. Moritz Kroner in military uniform.

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Studio portrait of Dr. Moritz Kroner (center) with two unidentified men in military uniform.

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Military command being vaccinated against cholera.

Handwritten caption: 101. 2. Choleraimpfung beim Kommando 13./III.15

Portrait of Dr. William Levison in military uniform Portraits Men

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Group US Army military portrait including Dr. William Levison (top row, third from left); Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Portraits Groups Men

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Studio portrait of Leopold Landsberger in military uniform, before the Verdun battle of World War I.

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Studio portrait of unidentified Levy brother (most likely Arthur or Hermann) in military uniform; Nogent-Sur-Seine, France.

Photographer's imprint lower left corner

Studio portrait of Benno Strauss in military uniform after being drafted to fight on the front during World War I at the age of thirty-nine.

Father of Herbert Strauss

Portrait of Jacob Picard in military uniform Military; Portraits

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Possibilities of an international assessment in geography

A recent editorial in International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education (IRGEE) (Stoltman, Lidstone & Kidman, 2014) highlighted an opportunity for the inclusion of geography as a subject in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) tests. At present TIMSS tests only encompass mathematics and physical sciences. The IRGEE editors encouraged geography educators to take the initiative and be proactive for a TIMSS international assessment in geography to become a reality. This paper reports on a research project to identify the perceptions of the global geography education community on the advantages and challenges of initiating and implementing such tests. The authors highlight a number of consistencies and tensions revealed by the respondents as well as potential issues of validity, reliability and fairness of a geography assessment instrument. The implications of these findings for ongoing research are discussed.