The Power of Geographical Thinking

In this book geography educators from around the globe discuss their research into the power of geographical thinking and consider successful strategies to implement, improve and advance geography education in research and practice. It addresses key topics in geography education, such as multicultur...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Brooks, Clare (Editor), Butt, Graham (Editor), Fargher, Mary (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
Series:International Perspectives on Geographical Education
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 22: Conceptualising GeoCapabilities and appreciating of the power of thinking geographically
  • Chapter 23: Supporting geographical thinking in the classroom – the teacher and curriculum control
  • Chapter 24: Geographic thinking
  • Chapter 25: Geography in England’s primary pre-service teacher education: challenges and possibilities
  • Chapter 1: Multicultural fieldwork to promote students’ intercultural competence
  • Chapter 2: Listening to London’s young voices
  • Chapter 3: Field work and geographic thinking amongst senior secondary students in Kano, Nigeria: the role of teachers
  • Chapter 4: Thinking geographically and Spatial thinking in the Swedish curriculum in geography
  • Chapter 5: The future in geographical thinking
  • Chapter 6: Thinking space geographically
  • Chapter 7: Geographical thinking and its role in climate change education: a case of Singapore
  • Chapter 8: English geography textbook authors’ perspectives on developing pupils’ geographical knowledge and thinking
  • Chapter 9: Geography teachers between formal training and teaching practices
  • Chapter 10: How Geography as a school subject is defined in Singapore
  • Chapter 11: Teach to develop geographical thinking
  • Chapter 12: International differences in thinking geographically, and why it matters
  • Chapter 13: CyberGIS and Geographic Thinking
  • Chapter 14: Geographical thinking through key concepts? Results of a symbiotic in-service teacher training course
  • Chapter 15: What might powerful geographical knowledge look like?
  • Chapter 16: Geographical Thinking: Is it a limitation or powerful thinking
  • Chapter 17: Researching progress and sophistication in geography learning: Taking a critical stancet
  • Chapter 18: Debating the place of knowledge within geography education: reinstatement, reclamation or recovery?
  • Chapter 19: Reviewing the power of GIS-based enquiry learning in school geography
  • Chapter 20: Students’ reflective thinking in geography lessons
  • Chapter 21: The Feasibility Research of Bringing Fundamentals of Earth Science into Middle School Geography Curriculum of Mainland China - Based on Earth Science for the cultivation of students’ geographical thinking