An Analysis of Developments in Geographic Education
| Autor: | Raymond H. Muessig |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
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| Zdroj: | The Elementary School Journal. 87:519-530 |
| ISSN: | 1554-8279 0013-5984 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/461514 |
| Popis: | If continuing qualitative and quantitative changes are to occur in future American elementary geographic curriculum and instruction, those who should participate have much to do. One beginning might be for people to take advantage of the past, to read at length from references such as those included in this article, and to consider the best of countless functional and imaginative ideas that can be adopted and adapted for classroom use. Elementary geographic education has always been plagued by low-level, fragmented content. Typical past approaches have often tried the patience, killed the interest, stifled the imagination, and insulted the intelligence of learners. Teaching children to think geographically should be a vital, long-term goal. Many geographers and geographic education specialists believe that "pure" geography is diluted through a unit approach to elementary social studies instruction. Perhaps children do learn less geography as such when content and activities are combined. Yet, the geograph... |
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