ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|17 pages

School geography 5–16

Issues for debate

part I|43 pages

Issues in training geography teachers

part II|105 pages

Issues in the geography classroom

chapter 6|13 pages

Issues in ICT and geography

chapter 7|15 pages

Writing geography textbooks

chapter 8|12 pages

Textbook pedagogy

Issues on the use of textbooks in geography classrooms

chapter 9|17 pages

The resourceful geography teacher

chapter 11|20 pages

Learn to debrief

part III|141 pages

Wider issues in teaching geography

chapter III 12|15 pages

Aspects of global citizenship

chapter III 13|15 pages

Learning about development

An ‘entitlement' for all

chapter III 14|14 pages

Environmental education

A question of values

chapter III 15|15 pages

Europe matters

chapter III 18|13 pages

Geography in the early years

chapter III 20|18 pages

Wider issues for the future