A new generation of Estonian geographers led by Prof. S. Nommik, has long been in the forefront among Soviet geographers in taking an innovative approach to methodological and theoretical issues in geography. This article discusses a recent series
Geography teaching at primary school level is becoming increasingly child-centred and concept based. In order for teaching methodologies and syllabus to reflect this trend planners and teachers have to understand the way in which children develop
attempt to be all-encompassing. This year the report is divided into six sections, some of which are carried over from last year. The six sections are Economy, The State, Third World, Housing, Class and Civil Society and Methodology and Social Theory.
The author who has carried out extensive research on and in the USSR gives an overall interpretation of the diversity of topics, the theoretical and methodological aspects as well as the empirical research techniques which have been used in regional