ABSTRACT
The linkage of the teaching of geography in schools to the multicultural dimension of education is inescapable. Geography lessons frequently deal with other parts of the world beyond the home nation and put the understanding of environment, economy and social structure in a spatial context. Similarly, in dealing with the home nation, geography lessons seek to describe and explain the physical and human background. Associated issues were raised and brought into full public debate at geography conferences and in-service sessions for teachers. Geography has always had a strong tradition of audio-visual teaching, and recent developments in video and computer-based learning offer great opportunities to learn in depth about other cultures. The whole debate in geographical education was being generally stimulated. Starting tentatively with general issues of multiculturalism, it extended into the harder-edged debate about racism and anti-racism.
