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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790658403321

Autore

Morgan John

Titolo

Teaching secondary geography as if the planet matters / / John Morgan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

0-203-81045-7

0-415-56387-9

1-136-68215-5

1-136-68216-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 183 p.)

Collana

Teaching school subjects as if the planet matters

Classificazione

RB 10865

Disciplina

910.71/2

Soggetti

Geography - Study and teaching (Secondary)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A David Fulton Book"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Geography Teaching and the Battle for Ideas Chapter 2. From Environmental Geography to Education for Sustainable Development Chapter 3. Geography, Society, Nature - Changing Perspectives Chapter 4. Inescapable Ecologies? Chapter 5. A Question of Food Chapter 6. The Nature of Cities Chapter 7. Changing Economic Geographies Chapter 8. Climate Change, mobile lives and Anthropocene Geographies Chapter 9. Teaching Geography as if the planet matters: let's be realistic References

Sommario/riassunto

Providing detailed and practical advice on how geography teachers can develop approaches to curriculum and learning which help students understand the nature of the contemporary world, this book addreses topics such as climate change, famine, population growth and the urban crisis.