Alaric Maude

Thinking Geographically

A Guide to the Core Concepts for Teachers

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explains how the concepts of geography can teach young people to think geographically, deeply and ethically. Rich with visual and practical examples, this book is an essential resource for geography teachers, whether already teaching or studying to become one, and for those who teach therm.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 156mm x 235mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 444g
• ISBN-13: 9781032453736
• ISBN-10: 1032453737
• Artikelnr.: 69033563

Autorenporträt

Alaric Maude is a retired associate professor of Geography at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia. He has conducted research in Tonga, Indonesia, Malaysia and Australia, was the lead writer for the Australian Geography curriculum and has published articles for geography educators on powerful knowledge, sustainability and geography's 'big ideas'.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. What can we know and how can we know it? 2. Thinking
geographically 3. Thinking geographically: Interconnection 4. Thinking
geographically: Place 5. Thinking geographically: Space 6. Thinking
geographically: Environment 7. The analytical concepts: Scale and time 8.
The evaluative concepts: Sustainability and human wellbeing 9. Teaching for
conceptual understanding 10. Land cover: have we cleared too much of the
Earth's vegetation? 11. Unequal places: should governments try to reduce
regional inequalities? 12. Conclusion