Overview
- Provides a persuasive argument for a knowledge led curriculum built around the powerful knowledge of school subjects
- Argues that the ‘powerful knowledge’ of geography as a subject in schools has a unique contribution to make to the education of young people, and should therefore be a central tenet in the school curriculum, promised to all young people
- Encourages all geography teachers to re-think the role they play in the big picture of education, and thus show school leaders and policy makers the value of the subject, and a subject based curriculum in the face of competing curriculum pressures
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GeoCapabilities focuses on both what is being taught and why,and as such provides a framework of curriculum thinking which will be of interest and value to geography teachers, school leaders with curriculum development responsibilities and all those interested in the capability approach and the moral imperative of education.
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“It is an impressively theorised exploration that will be of interest to leading teachers, researchers and academics in the field of geography education and curriculum studies. (Jeana Kriewaldt, Geographical Education, Vol. 33, 2020)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Geography Education's Potential and the Capability Approach
Book Subtitle: GeoCapabilities and Schools
Authors: Richard Bustin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25642-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25641-8Published: 24 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25644-9Published: 25 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-25642-5Published: 10 August 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 197
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations
Topics: Schools and Schooling, International and Comparative Education, Geography, general, Curriculum Studies