ABSTRACT
The images of the world which children (and adults) carry about inside their heads are derived, on the one hand, from personal experiences of visiting places and, on the other, from vicarious experiences via media of various kinds. This chapter is concerned with establishing the nature of children’s geo-graphical images upon which a geographical education might be constructed and the ways in which these images are represented. In order to understand the sources of these images we will also need to examine children’s spatial behaviour and environmental experiences.
