| Description |
xvi, 313 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction / Daniella Tilbury and Michael Williams -- 2. The place of geography in the school curriculum: an historical overview 1886-1976 / Bill Marsden -- 3. The great debate and 1988 / Rex Walford -- 4. Geographical education in the 1990s / Norman Graves -- 5. Curriculum planning and course development: a matter of professional judgement / Margaret Roberts -- 6. The scope of school geography: a medium for education / Michael Naish -- 7. Progression and transition in a coherent geography curriculum / Michael Williams -- 8. Differentiation in teaching and learning geography / Jeff Battersby -- 9. Cross-curricular concerns in geography: Earth science and physical geography / Duncan Hawley -- 10. Cross-curricular concerns in geography: citizenship and economic and industrial understanding / Daniella Tilbury -- 11. Environmental education and development education: teaching geography for a sustainable world / Daniella Tilbury -- 12. Equal opportunity and the teaching of geography / Brian Gonzalez and Elizabeth Gonzalez -- 13. Instructional design / Michael Williams -- 14. Cognitive acceleration in geographical education / David Leat -- 15. Language and learning in geography / Graham Butt -- 16. Learning through maps / Paul Weeden -- 17. Ethnocentric bias in geography textbooks: a framework for reconstruction / Christine Winter -- 18. Teaching and learning through fieldwork / Nick Foskett -- 19. Using information technology and new technologies in geography / Diana Freeman -- 20. Teaching about the local community: using first-hand experience / Rachel Bowles -- 21. The European dimension in primary education / John Halocha -- 22. Towards a critical school geography / John Huckle -- 23. Principles of pupil assessment / David Lambert -- 24. Assessment in the primary school / Patrick Wiegand -- 25. Teacher assessment in the National Curriculum / David Lambert -- 26. Geography and the GCSE / Sheila King -- 27. Student assessment in geography post-16 / Graham Butt |
| Summary |
The contributors to this book are experienced teacher educators and have mainly concentrated on areas such as current curricular provision and planning, syllabus design, teaching and learning strategies and assessment and evaluation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Geography -- Study and teaching (Primary)
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Geography -- Study and teaching (Primary) -- Great Britain.
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Geography -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Geography -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Tilbury, Daniella.
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Williams, Michael, 1938 June 4-
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| LC no. |
96022402 |
| ISBN |
041514244X |
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