eprintid: 10004336
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datestamp: 2010-05-12 15:37:59
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creators_name: Morgan, John
creators_id: j.morgan@ioe.ac.uk
title: Economies of space and the school geography curriculum
ispublished: pub
divisions: B14
note: This paper explores the changing nature of ideas about economic space in geography and how these have been reflected in the school version of the subject. It suggests that school geography has served to promote partial and ideology-laden views of the workings of modern economies and that there is an opportunity to draw upon more sophisticated understandings of economic space. The paper is based on a detailed contextual reading of a series of economic textbooks. This is an electronic version of an article published in Morgan, John (2008) Economies of space and the school geography curriculum. The Curriculum Journal, 19 (4). pp. 325-335. The Curriculum Journalis available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/09585170802518022
abstract: This paper is about the images of economic space that are found in school curricula. It suggests the importance for educators of evaluating these representations in terms of the messages they contain about how social processes operate. The paper uses school geography texts in Britain since the 1970s to illustrate the different ways in which economic space has been represented to students, before exploring some alternative resources that could be used to provide a wider range of representations of economic space. The paper highlights the continued importance of understanding the politics of school knowledge.
date: 2008-12
date_type: published
oa_status: green
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
full_text_status: public
publication: The Curriculum Journal
volume: 19
number: 4
pagerange: 325-335
pages: 11
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0958-5176
citation:        Morgan, John;      (2008)    Economies of space and the school geography curriculum.                   The Curriculum Journal , 19  (4)   pp. 325-335.          Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10004336/1/Morgan2008Economies325.pdf