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Author:   Simon Catling (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138083172

ISBN 10:   1138083178
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   13 April 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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1. Introduction: Thinking about primary geography 2. Enquiring into primary teachers’ geographical knowledge 3. English primary trainee teachers’ perceptions of geography 4. Contesting powerful knowledge: the primary geography curriculum as an articulation between academic and children’s (ethno-) geographies 5. Ethnogeography: towards liberatory geography education 6. More than just core knowledge? A framework for effective and high-quality primary geography 7. Geography and creativity: developing joyful and imaginative learners 8. Subject-based and cross-curricular approaches within the revised primary curriculum in Northern Ireland: teachers’ concerns and preferred approaches 9. Teachers’ perspectives on curriculum making in Primary Geography in England 10. Children researching their urban environment: developing a methodology 11. My Place: Exploring children’s place-related identities through reading and writing 12. Same old story: the problem of object-based thinking as a basis for teaching distant places 13. ‘They are like us’ – teaching about Europe through the eyes of children 14. Giving younger children voice in primary geography: empowering pedagogy – a personal perspective

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Simon Catling taught in London primary schools before moving to Oxford Brookes University in the 1980s, serving as Dean and Assistant Dean in the 1990s and 2000s. He is a Past-President of the Geographical Association, author of Mapstart and Teaching Primary Geography (with Tessa Willy).

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