Geographical education in a changing world past experience current trends and future challenges (2006 )(1)

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
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Philip Stimpson ........................................................................................................73

SECTION B CONTEMPORARY SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY
Introduction School Geography and International Trends
John Lidstone ...........................................................................................................87
Geography in Europe
Graham Butt, Michael Hemmer, Agustin Hernando & Lea Houtsonen ..................93
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Margaret Robertson & Philippa Ferguson ............................................................127
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Chi-chung Lam, Peiying Lin, John Chi-kin Lee, Sze Onn Yee & Guang Yang ......139


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Maria Lúcia De Amorim Soares, Beatriz Ceballos García, Griselda Garcia
De Martin & Fabián Araya Palacios ....................................................................155

SECTION C THE FUTURE OF SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY
Introduction Whither School Geography?
Michael Williams ...................................................................................................181
Geography and New Technologies
Joop Van Der Schee ...............................................................................................185
Geography and Sustainability The Future of School Geography?
Daniella Tilbury & David Wortman .......................................................................195

Discerning Citizenship in Geography Education
John Morgan ..........................................................................................................213
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Rod Gerber .............................................................................................................227
Index ........................................................................................................................243


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