Global perspectives in the geography curriculum [[electronic resource] ] : reviewing the moral case for geography / / Alex Standish
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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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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 910.71/073 |
| Soggetto topico: | Geography - Study and teaching - United States |
| Geography - Study and teaching - Great Britain | |
| Curriculum change | |
| Education and globalization | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-205) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | '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 that every child could point to Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan on a map.' Prof. Dennis Hayes - Oxford Brookes University, UK'A prescient and critical analysis of the changing face of geographyteaching. Thi |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Global perspectives in the geography curriculum |
| ISBN: | 1-134-03203-X |
| 1-281-79664-6 | |
| 9786611796648 | |
| 0-203-89083-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782368003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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