Format:
1 online resource (330 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780203439050
Content:
This book provides a clear overview of current thinking on the teaching and learning of geography. It is an ideal companion to all students beginning a career in teaching the subject in secondary schools. The chapters are written by experienced teacher educators and bridge both theory and practice. The writers focus on the continuities, whilst setting them in the context of the changing curriculum. The book is divided into four parts. Part One examines the historical context of geography teaching. Part Two looks at issues of course planning, design, syllabuses and programmes of study. Underlying this section is the assumption that geography should not be considered in isolation from other subjects, but rather as part of a whole curriculum. Part Three concentrates on teaching and learning, and includes chapters on the use of maps, field work, IT and first hand experience within a community. The final section covers the issues associated with assessment, across the whole school age range.
Content:
Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- The place of geography in the school curriculum: an historical overview 1886 1976 -- The great debate and 1988 -- Geographical education in the 1990s -- Curriculum planning and course development: a matter of professional judgement -- The scope of school geography: a medium for education -- Progression and transition in a coherent geography curriculum -- Differentiation in teaching and learning geography -- Cross-curricular concerns in geography: Earth science and physical geography -- Cross-curricular concerns in geography: citizenship and economic and industrial understanding -- Environmental education and development education: teaching geography for a sustainable world -- Equal opportunity and the teaching of geography -- Instructional design -- Cognitive acceleration in geographical education -- Language and learning in geography -- Learning through maps -- Ethnocentric bias in geography textbooks: a framework for reconstruction -- Teaching and learning through fieldwork -- Using information technology and new technologies in geography -- Teaching about the local community: using first-hand experience -- The European dimension in primary education -- Towards a critical school geography -- Principles of pupil assessment -- Assessment in the primary school -- Teacher assessment in the National Curriculum -- Geography and the GCSE -- Student assessment in geography post 16 -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415142441
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415142441
Language:
English
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