Umfang:
1 online resource (194 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780335239863
Inhalt:
This book examines geography's key concepts, and provides teachers with a theoretically robust and practical approach to curriculum planning using a concept-led approach.
Inhalt:
Front cover -- Half title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- PART 1 CONCEPTS, CONTEXTS AND HISTORIES -- 1 A modern school geography -- Introduction -- Modernity -- A world to win: geography education 1945-64 -- 1964-80 geography as a modern subject -- The geography of the 1980s -- Geography teaching in 'new times': 1989-2009 -- Conclusion -- 2 The place of geography in schools today -- Shift happens -- The rise of the digital economy -- Education and the knowledge economy -- Current policy agendas -- Clearing up after the economy -- Widening the debate -- Deconstructing the knowledge economy -- Deconstructing the community -- Conclusion -- 3 What does it mean to be a teacher of geography? -- Introduction -- Schoolteachers as engaged professionals -- The importance of the big picture -- And back to geography -- Geography as a curriculum resource -- Curriculum-making -- Conclusion -- 4 A 'capability' perspective on geography in schools -- Introduction -- Aims and purposes, knowledge and understanding -- Capability -- In conclusion: towards geo-capability? -- PART 2 RECONSTRUCTING CONCEPTS -- 5 Space -- Introduction -- The science of space -- The limits of spatial science -- 1989: The reassertion of space in geographical education? -- Post-structural spaces -- Case study: rural spaces -- Conclusion: space matters? -- 6 Place -- Introduction -- Fear of a placeless planet -- Whose place? -- Do places matter? -- Conclusion -- 7 Scale -- Introduction -- The idea of scale in geography -- Extending the idea of scale -- What we learn from the politics of scale -- The question of 'universal scale' and 'virtual worlds' -- Conclusion -- 8 Interdependence and development -- Introduction -- Interdependence and the 'global dimension' -- Global citizenship -- Development and developmentalism -- Conclusion.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780335234486
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780335234486
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=771402
Mehr zum Autor:
Lambert, David 1932-
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