Geographical Education in a Changing World Past Experience, Current

The status of geography in school curricula varies across the globe. Geography, as a discrete subject, has, in some countries, established a strong position in both primary and secondary schools while in others it has a weaker position, often a component

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Geographical Education in a Changing World

The GeoJournal Library Volume 85 Managing Editor:

Max Barlow, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Founding Series Editor: Wolf Tietze, Helmstedt, Germany

Editorial Board:

Paul Claval, France Yehuda Gradus, Israel Sam Ock Park, South Korea Herman van der Wusten, The Netherlands

The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.

Geographical Education in a Changing World Past Experience, Current Trends and Future Challenges

Edited by

JOHN LIDSTONE Associate Professor of Education, Queenland University of Technology, Australia

and

MICHAEL WILLIAMS Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Wales Swansea, UK

A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress

ISBN-10 ISBN-13 ISBN-10 ISBN-13

1-4020-4806-8 (HB) 978-1-4020-4806-7 (HB) 1-4020-4807-6 (e-book) 978-1-4020-4807-4 (e-book)

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CONTENTS Acknowledgements.................................................................................................. vii List of Contributors .................................................................................................. ix Foreword International Geographical Education Past, Present and Future ........ xiii Researching Change and Changing Research in Geographical Education John Lidstone & Michael Williams ............................................................................1 SECTION A TRADITIONS IN SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY Introduction Messages from the Past Bill Marsden.............................................................................................................19 Turning Points in Geographic Education Joseph P. Stoltman ...................................................................................................23 Changing Philosophies in Geographical Education from the 1970s to 2005 $Q,QWHUQDWLRQDO3HUVSHFWLYH Hartwig Haubrich ....................................................................................................39 &KDQJLQJ/HDUQLQJDQG7eaching Ashley Kent ..............................................................................................................55 &KDQJLQJ$ssessment Philip Stimpson ........................................................................................................73

SECTION B CONTEMPORARY SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY Introduction School Geography and Inter