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About this book
Issues in Geography Teaching examines a wide range of issues which are of interest to those teaching geography from the early years through to higher education, including:
- the role of research and the use of ICT in teacher training;
- the significance of developing critical thinking skills;
- broader educational issues such as citizenship and development;
- the importance of environmental education;
- the position and role of assessment;
- the present state and status of geographical education and issues that are likely to be of concern in the future.
Issues in Geography Teaching details the contexts, presents the facts and raises thought-provoking questions which should stimulate further interest and discussion.
Contents
1. School Geography 5-16:Issues for debate
Section I: Issues in Training Geography Teachers
2. The Re-emergence of Middle Years Initial Teacher Training
3. The Role of Research in the Initial Education of Geography Teachers
4. Developing the Educational Use of ICT: implications for the education of geography teachers
Section II: Issues in the Geogrpahy Classroom
5. Does differentiation provide access to an entitlement curriculum for all pupils?
6. Issues in ICT and Geography
7. Writing Geography Textbooks
8. Textbook Pedagogy: issues on the use of textbooks in geography classrooms
9. The Resourceful Geography Teacher
10. The Importance of Big Concepts and Skills in Learning Geography
11. Learn to De-Brief
Section III: Wider Issues in Teaching Geography
12. Aspects of Global Citizenship
13. Learning about Development: an 'entitlement' for all
14. Environmental Education: the key to a more sustainable future?
15. Europe Matters
16. The Place of Assessment in Geographical Education
17. Geography Education and the Vocational Debate
18. Geography in the Early Years
19. Towards the Question-Led Curriculum 5-14
20. Wider Issues for the Future
Customer Reviews
By: Chris Fisher(Editor), Tony Binns(Editor)
320 pages, b/w illustrations, tables
"It should not [...] be viewed exclusively as a PGCE text, but rather essential reading of all professional educators who decide to think critically/evaluate and reflect upon classroom practice in order to improve the quality of learning for their pupils."
– David J. Turton, British Journal of Educational Studies
"It is a useful and stimulating addition to the literature on geography teaching. The issues covered are relevant to many teachers and [...] there is something of interest in every chapter. Its wide-ranging scope will enable readers to pick and choose as they wish."
– Paul Weeden, British Educational Research Journal
