Geography, Education and the Future [Hardcover]

Geography, Education and the Futureconsiders the future of both geography and geography education by exploring the following questions: How can geography education prepare young people for the places, environments and societies they will inhabit in the future? How should geography be reframed to take into account the major social and environmental changes wrought by growing consumption, restructuring of economies and technologies, and the dynamic connections between local and global? How can geography and geography education present an agenda that can be taken seriously and implemented in the twenty first century? A range of geographical themes are considered through four sections: children, young people and geography; place, space and change; mediating forms of geographical knowledge; and global ethics, environment and citizenship. Each section concludes with a discussant critically summarising the content.Graham Butt is Reader in Geography Education, Director of Academic Planning and Deputy Head of the School of Education at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Notes on Contributors \ Introduction Graham Butt \Part 1: Children, Young People and GeographyMary Biddulph \ 1.Children's Geographies in the Primary School Simon Catling \ 2. Young People's Conceptions of Geography and EducationNick Hopwood \3. Young People's Geographies: Implications for Secondary School GeographyMary Biddulph\ Discussion Pat Thompson \Part II:Place, Space and ChangeJohn Morgan \ 4. Reading and Writing Place: A Role for Geographical Education in the 21st Century? Eleanor Rawling \ 5. Place-Based Education versus Geography Education? Alun Morgan \ 6. After the Crisis...Place, Space and Identity John Morgan \ Discussion Charles Rawding \Part III: Mediating Forms of Geographical KnowledgeRoger Firth \ 7. Reframing School Geography: A Capability Approach David Lambert \ 8. Debates about Knowledge and the Curriculum: Some Implications for Geograplsû