DEBATES IN GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION. 2ND EDITION. (PAPERBACK)

Introduction: the significance of continuing debates
• PART I. Policy Debates
1 Geography in the National Curriculum for Key Stages, 1, 2 and 3
2 Geography in the examination system
• PART II. ‘Classroom’ Debates
3 Place in Geography: Change and Challenge
4 The Place of Regional Geography
5 Physical Geography
6 Making progress in learning geography
7 Understanding conceptual development in school geography
8 The enquiry approach in geography
9 Personalising learning in geography
10 Formative assessment
11 Curriculum enactment
12 The place of fieldwork in geography education
13 The impact of technology on geography and geography teachers
14 Using Geographic Information (GI)
15 Geography and ‘employability’
16 Handling controversial issues in geography
• PART III. Subject Debates
17 The Anthropocene and the global
18 Geography's identity as an academic discipline
19 Understanding the gap between schools and universities
20 Re-contextualising geography as a school subject
21 Are we thinking geographically?
22 Evidence-based practice and reseach in geography education

Debates in Geography Education encourages early career teachers, experienced teachers and teacher educators to engage with and reflect on key issues, concepts and debates. It aims to enable readers to reach their own informed judgements with deeper theoretical knowledge and understanding.
The second edition is fully updated in light of the latest research, policy and practice in the field, as well as key changes to the curriculum and examination specifications. Expert contributors provide a range of perspectives on international, historical and policy contexts in order to deepen our understanding of significant debates in geography education.

Key debates include:
• geography's identity as an academic discipline;
• what constitutes knowledge in geography;
• places and regional geography;
• what it means to think geographically;
• constructing the curriculum;
• how we link assessment to making progress in geography;
• the contribution of fieldwork and outdoor experiences;
• technology and the use of Geographical Information;
• school geography and employability;
• understanding the gap between school and university geography;
• evidence-based practice and research in geography education.

The comprehensive, rigorous coverage of these key issues, together with carefully annotated selected further reading, will help support and shape further research and writing. Debates in Geography Education is a key resource that is essential reading for all teachers and researches who wish to extend their grasp of the place of geography in education.

Authors
• Mark Jones is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
• David Lambert is Professor of Geography Education at UCL Institute of Education, London, UK