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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Other Authors: Demirci, Ali (Editor), Miguel González, Rafael de (Editor), Bednarz, Sarah Witham (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
Series:International Perspectives on Geographical Education
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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)