Overview
- Wide authorship of chapters in terms of experience, prominence in the geographical education world and geographically
- Considers global questions in local contexts
- Addresses major issues of curriculum in the social sciences of concern in many countries of the world from the perspectives of geographical education specialists
- Demonstrates that similar issues are being addressed in education systems in widely differing cultural contexts
Part of the book series: GeoJournal Library (GEJL, volume 85)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Traditions In School Geography
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Contemporary School Geography
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The Future Of School Geography
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About this book
A central theme of this book is the location of geography in school curricula with particular reference to centrality and marginality. A second theme relates to the subject status of geography. A third theme relates to the spirit and purpose of school geography and the traditions that underpin the subject and how these are changing. A fourth theme relates to the way geography is being seen by curriculum planners as contributing to the achievement of governmental aims for society in general. A fifth theme concerns the human and material resources infrastructure. Finally, what of the future?
The underpinning assumption is that experiences gained in one country will be of real interest to educators in another. The book is part of the work of the Commission on Geographical Education of the International Geographical Union. Part 1, written in a global context, focuses on the distinctive traditions of school geography. Part 2 reviews the contemporary state of school geography ona broad continental basis with each chapter including national case studies, written by experts drawn from those countries. The final parts comprises chapters that extrapolate from the present and point to likely future developments in the subject, again with examples drawn from various countries.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Geographical Education in a Changing World
Book Subtitle: Past Experience, Current Trends and Future Challenges
Editors: John Lidstone, Michael Williams
Series Title: GeoJournal Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4807-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4806-7Published: 06 June 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7197-2Published: 18 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-4807-4Published: 19 July 2006
Series ISSN: 0924-5499
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0072
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 255
Topics: Geography, general, Curriculum Studies, Educational Policy and Politics