Debates in Geography Education

Mark Jones is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UKDavid Lambert is Professor of Geography Education at UCL Institute of Education, London, UK

• Abbreviations ContributorsIntroduction: the significance of continuing debatesMARK JONES AND DAVID LAMBERT PART I Policy Debates 1 Geography in the National Curriculum for Key Stages, 1, 2 and 3 JOHN HOPKIN AND FRAN MARTIN2 Geography in the examination system DAVID GARDNERPART II‘Classroom’ Debates3 Place in Geography: Change and ChallengeELEANOR RAWLING4 The Place of Regional Geography ALEX STANDISH5 Physical Geography DUNCAN HAWLEY6 Making progress in learning geography LIZ TAYLOR7 Understanding conceptual development in school geographyCLARE BROOKS8 The enquiry approach in geographyJANE FERRETTI9 Personalising learning in geographyMARK JONES10 Formative assessment PAUL WEEDEN AND MICHAEL SIMMONS11 Curriculum enactment MARY BIDDULPH12 The place of fieldwork in geography educationLAUREN HAMMOND13 The impact of technology on geography and geography teachers ALAN PARKINSON14 Using Geographic Information (GI) MARY FARGHER15 Geography and ‘employability’ JOHN LYON16 Handling controversial issues in geographyDAVID MITCHELLPART IIISubject Debates17 The Anthropocene and the globalCHARLES RAWDING18 Geography's identity as an academic discipline NICK CLIFFORD19 Understanding the gap between schools and universitiesGRAHAM BUTT AND GEMMA COLLINS20 Re-contextualising geography as a school subject ROGER FIRTH21 Are we thinking geographically?JOHM MORGAN22 Evidence-based practice and reseach in geography education ROGER FIRTH AND CLARE BROOKSAcknowledgmentsIndex

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