Geography in British Schools, 1885-2000: Making a World of Difference

ISBN-13: 9780713040272 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 272 str.

Rex Walford;Rex Walford

Opis

This history charts how geography rose to popularity on a tide of imperial enthusiasms in Victorian time and made its way into many elementary schools in the latter half of the 19th century. Many geography lessons were not dominated by the rote-learning of capes and bays and some of the pioneers of the subject led the way in the use of models, visual aids and object lessons in schools.

No book has yet been published that has attempted to cover the history of geography as a school subject. Yet the story of the growth of this subject - a major player in the league table of student preferences and examination entries - is woven deep into the social history of the nation, as well as being studded with colourful personalities.

Spis treści

1: Introduction, 2. Travellers' Tales and Cosmography before 1850, 3. Capes and Bays- Millstones or Milestones? 1850-80, 4. Imperial Imperatives, 1880-1900, 5. The Struggle for Recognition, 1900-20, 6. Field-Days, 1920-40, 7. Regions and the Road to Ennui, 1940-60, 8. The New Model Army, 1960-75, 9. Radical Responses, 1975-85, 10. The Notion of a National Curriculum, 1985-90, 11. The Butcher, the Baker, the Curriculum Fudge-Maker, 1990-2000, 12. Geography -The Way Ahead, 2000-.

O autorze

Rex Walford