Global Perspectives in the Geography Curriculum : Reviewing the Moral Case for Geography

ISBN-13: 9780415468954 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 209 str.

Alex Standish;Standish Alex

Opis

Advocates a return to liberal models of education, arguing that the approach to geography being promoted for schools fundamentally undermines the educational value of the subject, and the freedom of young people to shape the world in which they live.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Evolution of a Discipline and its Instrumental Applications   2. Geography’s Ethical Turn  3. From Counter-Cultural Movement to Global Values in the US Geography Curriculum  4. Global Citizenship and the Geography Curriculum in England and Wales  5. The Geography of Culture or Respecting Cultural Diversity?  6. Approaches to Teaching Global Issues  7. Global Issues in the Geography Curriculum  8. Global Advocacy and the Cosmopolitan Citizen in the Curriculum (with contributing material from Vanessa Pupavac)  Conclusion

O autorze

Alex Standish is Assistant Professor of Geography, Western Connnecticut State University, US.