Geography Education for Global Understanding
This book presents the core concepts of geographical education as a means of understanding global issues from a spatial perspective. It treats education, supported by high standards, approaches, methodologies, and resources, as essential in exploring the interactions of the world’s human and environ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2018, 2018
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018 |
| Series: | International Perspectives on Geographical Education
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Why geography education matters for global understanding? (Ali Demirci, Rafael de Miguel González, and Sarah W. Bednarz)
- Part I: Framework of global understanding
- Chapter 2. Conceptual framework: What is global understanding? (Benno Werlen)
- Chapter 3. Issues alarming the world for global action: Why the world needs global understanding? (Chew-Hung Chang)
- Chapter 4. International charters and declarations for global understanding: A historical overview from CGE-IGU (Joseph Stoltman)
- Chapter 5. Global citizenship as an approach for global understanding (Inga Gryl)
- Part II: Geography education for global understanding
- Chapter 6. The role of geography education for global understanding (Michael Solem)
- Chapter 7. Geography education around the world: The current situation and trends (Joop van der Schee and John Lidstone)
- Chapter 8. How international our national geography curriculums are to tackle global issues? ( David Lambert)
- Chapter 9. From classroom practices to global actions: A critical overview of the current geography education to provide global understanding (Margaret Robertson)
- Chapter 10. Geospatial technologies for global understanding education (Karl Donert)
- Part III: Global understanding in geography education
- Chapter 11. Chile (Fabian Araya)
- Chapter 12. China (Yushan Duan)
- Chapter13. Finland (Sirpa Tani)
- Chapter 14. Japan (Minori Yuda)
- Chapter 15. New Zealand (Lex Chalmers)
- Chapter 16. South Africa (Aubrey Golightly)
- Chapter 17. South Korea (Jongwon Lee)
- Chapter 18. Spain (Rafael de Miguel & Maria Luisa de Lázaro)
- Chapter 19. The UK (Simon Catling)
- Chapter 20. The US (Osvaldo Muniz)
- Chapter 21. Turkey (Ali Demirci)
- Chapter 22. Conclusion: A road map to empower geography education for global understanding (Ali Demirci, Rafael de Miguel González, and Sarah W. Bednarz)