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UNINA9910782368003321 |
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Autore |
Standish Alex |
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Titolo |
Global perspectives in the geography curriculum [[electronic resource] ] : reviewing the moral case for geography / / Alex Standish |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-03203-X |
1-281-79664-6 |
9786611796648 |
0-203-89083-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Geography - Study and teaching - United States |
Geography - Study and teaching - Great Britain |
Curriculum change |
Education and globalization |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-205) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 The evolution of a discipline and its instrumental applications; Chapter 2 Geography's ethical turn; Chapter 3 From counter-cultural movement to global values: The US geography curriculum; Chapter 4 Global citizenship and the geography curriculum in England and Wales; Chapter 5 The geography of culture or respecting cultural diversity?; Chapter 6 Approaches to teaching global issues; Chapter 7 Global issues in the geography curriculum |
Chapter 8 Global advocacy and the cosmopolitan citizen in the curriculumConclusion: Global perspective in the curriculum; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'For geographers across the globe this book provides the arguments for a return to the teaching of geography and why they should reject the politicisation of the subject by education policy makers and politicians. Standish's careful critique shows the necessity of a depoliticised geography curriculum the irony of which would be that it would ensure |
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