Teaching the history of geography: Current challenges and future directions

Teaching the history of geography Current challenges and future directions

Drawing upon the personal reflections of geographical educators in Brazil, Canada, the UK, and the US, this Forum provides a state-of-the-discipline review of teaching in the history of geography; identifies the practical and pedagogical challenges associated with that teaching; and offers suggestio...

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Published in:Progress in human geography Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 245 - 262
Main Authors: Keighren, Innes M., Crampton, Jeremy W., Ginn, Franklin, Kirsch, Scott, Kobayashi, Audrey, Naylor, Simon N, Seemann, Jörn
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01-04-2017
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:
Academic disciplines
Curricula
Education
Education policy
Geography
History education
Human geography
Identity
Innovations
Neoliberalism
Pedagogy
Professionalization
Teachers
Teaching
Brazil
Canada
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
pedagogy
teaching
disciplinarity
history of geography
curriculum design
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Summary:Drawing upon the personal reflections of geographical educators in Brazil, Canada, the UK, and the US, this Forum provides a state-of-the-discipline review of teaching in the history of geography; identifies the practical and pedagogical challenges associated with that teaching; and offers suggestions and provocations as to future innovation. The Forum shows how teaching in the history of geography is valued – as a tool of identity making, as a device for cohort building and professionalization, and as a means of interrogating the disciplinary present – but also how it is challenged by neoliberal educational policies, competing priorities in curriculum design, and sub-disciplinary divisions.
ISSN:0309-1325
1477-0288
DOI:10.1177/0309132515575940