Lambert, D;
Walshe, N;
(2018)
How Geography Curricula Tackle Global Issues.
In: Demirci, A and De Miguel González, R and Bednarz, SW, (eds.)
Geography Education for Global Understanding.
(pp. 83-96).
Springer: Cham, Switzerland.
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Abstract
The late Doreen Massey, recently urged teachers to ‘take on the world’ (Massey in Geography 99(1):36–39, 2014). Though we may see the everyday world as a mosaic of different places, nations or regions defined by their boundaries, a global understanding brings different perspectives: of flows and networks and interdependencies. If we take this seriously—if we do take on the world—then young people need ideas in order to provide new ways of seeing and thinking. Geography in this sense, is a disciplinary resource that provides access to a particular form of powerful knowledge–– in short, the means to be able to ‘think geographically’. This chapter opens up and presents this argument. In the first part, we provide a platform in the form of analysis of geography curricula from three countries, identifying both the potentials and the challenges that teachers face. Where is ‘the global’? we ask, and in what ways do formal curriculum documents inspire or constrain us from ‘taking on the world’? The second part seeks to develop a disciplinary view of the school subject, appealing to the sometimes beguiling notion of powerful knowledge. We end by introducing a capabilities approach to thinking about the school subject, which demonstrates the responsibility that inevitably falls to well-prepared teachers to enact the curriculum.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | How Geography Curricula Tackle Global Issues |
| ISBN: | 3319772155 |
| ISBN-13: | 9783319772158 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-77216-5_7 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77216-5_7 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Capabilities, Globalization, Powerful knowledge, Thinking geographically |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10058024 |
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