The extent and content of the presentation of the geography of Europe in schooltextbooks in European countries
Europe ; Regional geography ; School geography ; Schooltextbook ; Secondary education ; Teaching of geography
The purpose of this article is to determine to what extent and with what kind of content European textbooks approach the study of the geography of Europe. It presents results from one of the earliest studies to include textbooks from almost all
European countries. Using a specially designed data recording sheet an analysis was made of 35 textbooks for lower secondary and 28 textbooks for upper secondary education. There were 17 elements analyzed in the textbooks. - (L'A.).
Geography instruction in Dutck secondary schools: a personal experience
Didactics ; Netherlands (The) ; School system ; Secondary education ; Teaching of geography
The A. observed that geography has a high status in Dutch secondary schools, that Dutch textbooks tend to apply major geographic themes to a specific regional setting, and that classes use active learning techniques. - (DWG)
Half-told stories of climate change : school geography and (un)sustainable development
Bavaria ; Climatic change ; Concept ; Education ; Germany ; Mexico ; Research ; Romania ; School curriculum ; School geography ; Secondary education ; Sustainable development ; Teaching of geography
Representations of climate change in lower secondary geography curricula and textbooks from Bavaria (Germany), Romania and Mexico carry the characteristic fingerprints of their different national educational settings. Climate change is absent from
all but the Bavarian curriculum. The majority of the textbooks display a rather static view of what constitutes climate change. Textbook representations of climate change contribute to geographical knowledge acquisition. Cultural aspects shape
In Slovenia, the migrations are treated in almost all geographical textbooks. In elementary school, the students acquire knowledge of the migrations by the inductive approach. In the grammar school program a trail of gaining knowledge on migration
is deductive. Most attention is dedicated to migrations in general geography textbooks. The textbooks for vocational and technical school programs deal with migrations to a lesser extent and with different approaches. - (IKR)
Hungary ; Schooltextbook ; Sustainable development ; Teaching of geography
The paper analyses two textbook series of two Hungarian publishing houses regarding the degree to which they reflect the fundamental idea of sustainable development. - (AM)
Jesse Olney's innovative geography text of 1828 for common schools
Nineteenth Century ; Practical work ; Schooltextbook ; Teaching of geography ; United States of America
Olney's geography book for American schools began, not with the solar system, but an exercise on local geography. A. elucidates the positive and negative aspects of this classroom text which went through 18 editions and sold millions of copies
Europe ; Portugal ; Schooltextbook ; Teaching of geography
It is the target of this study to understand the character of the European dimension in actual Portuguese geography textbooks of 7th to 9th grade. A treatment of quantitative and qualitative methods was developed, which corresponds to the demands
In this paper, a bibliography of textbooks for geography used in Austrian schools is presented. Geography became a separate subject late in the 19th century in connection with the development of several types of secondary schools. The development
of these textbooks also reflects the impact of political history in Austria. In 1962, a general educational reform was started. It was an important step for geography, too, because geography and introductory courses in economy were integrated to form a new curriculum
Biography ; British school ; Economic geography ; History of geography ; Human geography ; Nineteenth Century ; Twentieth Century ; United Kingdom
Lionel Lyde was an influential pioneer among British geographers, writing short textbooks for British schoolchildren during the 1890s and giving extension lectures at Glasgow and Oxford. After a period in school teaching, he accepted an invitation
to occupy the new chair of economic geography at University College London, then the only geographer in the United Kingdom to hold professorial title. He presented his views vigorously in lectures and in textbooks, never failing to draw on anthropological
Geographical monographs of Slovenia by A. Melik, and university and secondary schooltextbooks by S. Ilešič, enabled the Slovene regional geography to pursue international developments in this field. Tempestuous debates about the methodology
industries, transportation and trade, electoral system and social services. Although designed as a schooltextbook, it contains up to date material not published elsewhere. (L'A.).
The image of the 'Palestinian' in geography textbooks in Israel
Hebrew textbooks of geography have presented Palestinians in one of several ways (ethnocentric, experiential, anthropological) that reflects the historical period in which they were written. - (DWG)