Overview
- Is first book in English about geography education in South America
- Presents South American conceptions on geography curriculum and learning with maps
- Helps to improve teaching and learning practices in primary and secondary education
Part of the book series: International Perspectives on Geographical Education (IPGE)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- Geography education
- Cartography education
- Spatial thinking
- Geographical reasoning
- Geographical learning and progression
- Curriculum
- Spatial justice
- School cartography
- Sociocultural construction
- Territory concept
- Citizen formation
- Landscape and space
- Role of language
- Preschool education
- Didactic resources
- Geographic Literacy Indicators (GLI)
- Cultural manifestations
- Cartography for children and scholars
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Sonia Maria Vanzella Castellar is Titular Professor at University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, researcher on productivity in CNPq, level 2. Has 20 years of experience as teacher in basic education and works with teacher’s training. Advised the Geography Curriculum in São Paulo municipality (2007-2009), São Paulo state (2010-2012) and National Common Curricular Basis (2016-2018). Was the Director of the Local Section of the Association of Brazilian Geographers, in São Paulo (2004-2008 and 2010-2012). She has experience for 20 years as Geography textbook author. Nowadays, teaches in graduation course on Faculty of Education and in the Department of Geography in Post-Graduation Program in Human Geography, at USP. She was the Technical Adviser at the USP Graduation Pro-Rector Cabinet (2014-2020), Department Head (2012-2014/2014- 2016) and editor of Anekumene Magazine from Rede Latino Americana de Investigadores em Didática da Geografia (REDLADGEO).
Marcelo Garrido-Pereira is Geographer and Bachelor of Geography, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile; Pedagogue in Geography and Bachelor of Education, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile; Doctor in Educational Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He is currently a professor in the Department of History and Geography of the Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences and coordinates the Interinstitutional Research Center Space and School. He was founder of the School of Geography of the Academy of Christian Humanism University, of the Geography Magazine ESPACIOS and of the Territorial Research and Interventions Program (PIIT). He has served as a board member of the Chilean Society of Geographical Sciences (SOCHIGEO) collaborating in the permanent commission of Geographic Education and is a member of the Latin American network of researchers in geography didactics (REDLADGEO). The topic of interest he has worked on is the production of space at school, geographical education and geographical theory.Nubia Lache has a PhD in Education. Interinstitutional Doctoral Program in Education DIE – UN, at the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas and Universidad del Valle (2014). She also has a Master’s Degree in Education, Emphasis in Geography, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (1995); a Specialization Degree in Theories, Techniques and Methods of Social Research at the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (2005) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences Education, at the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (1990). She works as endowed professor at the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, precisely at the Science and Education Faculty where she teaches at the Social Sciences Curricular Project and at the Master in Education. She also works as professor and researcher at the Master in Social Studies: Social Construction of Space Branch at the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional. She has published some articles and books related tothe education of Geography, teacher training, city and literature in order to teach Geography, field trip and the didactic method of Geography. She is a official member of various researcher groups such as: Red Latinoamericana de Investigadores en Didáctica de la Geografía – REDLADGEO, Interinstitutional Research Group Geopaideia, the Directive Committee of Geoforo: Geography, society and education. She is also editor of Anekumene.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Geographical Reasoning and Learning
Book Subtitle: Perspectives on Curriculum and Cartography from South America
Editors: Sonia Maria Vanzella Castellar, Marcelo Garrido-Pereira, Nubia Moreno Lache
Series Title: International Perspectives on Geographical Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79847-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-79846-8Published: 16 September 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-79849-9Published: 17 September 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-79847-5Published: 15 September 2021
Series ISSN: 2367-2773
Series E-ISSN: 2367-2781
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 375
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 49 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Geography, Teaching and Teacher Education, Geographical Information Systems/Cartography