Geography in Education

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About. Learning outcomes
1 Visions of geography: an introduction
2 The purposes of geography in schools
3 A diversity of views
4 The student's view
5 Summary and conclusion
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Pedagogical content. This unit looks at the contribution that geography can make in the education of young people and the characteristics and purpose of geography as a subject.

Resource details
Title	Geography in Education
Topic	[[Topics/Geography in Education|Geography in Education]]
Teaching approach	[[Teaching Approaches/|]]
Learning Objectives	The learning outcomes of this unit are: * review some of the recent debates about the place of geography in the school curriculum; * consider the different aims of geographical education; * links for further study.
Format / structure	4 PDF including a quiz.
Subject	[[Resources/Geography|Geography]],  [[Resources/Cross-curricular|Cross-curricular]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/NA|NA]],  [[Resources/Higher|Higher]]
Related ORBIT Wiki Resources	http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2472