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Geography Alive! Regions and People, Student Edition
by Teachers' Curriculum InstituteNIMAC-sourced textbook
Geography And Development
by Arthur MorrisFirst published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Geography Education Research in the UK: The UK Case, Within the Global Context (International Perspectives on Geographical Education)
by Graham ButtThis book provides a unique assessment of the development of research in geography education and its future prospects, offering a challenging critique of subject-based education research, with particular reference to geography education across a range of different jurisdictions. It covers a range of topics, including the changing role of research in geography education; the relationship between education research and professional practice, with special reference to geography education research; the place of academic subject knowledge in geography education research; critiques of the functions of research in geography education; and the key issues for education policy and policymakers concerning educational research at national and international levels.Importantly, in a period marked by radical change for education research and researchers, the book offers a timely appraisal of possible ways forward for geography education research. Addressing the needs of academics, research students, policymakers, and education practitioners who undertake, use or shape the future of research in geography education, it comprehensively explores the forces that have driven the development of geography education research and pedagogy. Further, by positioning its analysis in the context of education policy debates in the UK, and further afield, it assesses the role and function of research in education, and offers an outlook on its future. This book is essential reading for all those who wish to understand the sporadic and increasingly uncertain development of subject-based research in education
Geography Education for Global Understanding (International Perspectives On Geographical Education Ser.)
by Sarah Witham Bednarz Ali Demirci Rafael de Miguel GonzálezThis book presents the core concepts of geographical education as a means of understanding global issues from a spatial perspective. It treats education, supported by high standards, approaches, methodologies, and resources, as essential in exploring the interactions of the world’s human and environmental systems at local, regional, and global scales embedded in the nature of the discipline of geography. It covers topics such as climate change, sustainable development goals, geopolitics in an uncertain world, global crisis, and population flows, which are of great interest to geography researchers and social sciences educators who want to explore the complexity of contemporary societies.Highly respected scholars in geography education answer questions on key topics and explain how global understanding is considered in K-12 education in significant countries around the globe. The book discusses factors such as the Internet, social media, virtual globes and other technological developments that provide insights into and visualization – in real time – of the intensity of relationships between different countries and regions of the earth. It also examines how this does not always lead to empathy with other political, cultural, social and religious values: terrorism threats and armed conflicts are also essential features of the global world. This book opens the dialogue for global understanding as a great opportunity for teachers, educators, scholars and policy makers to better equip students and future citizens to deal with global issues.
Geography Education's Potential and the Capability Approach: GeoCapabilities and Schools
by Richard BustinThis book explores the pivotal role that geography as a school subject plays in helping every young person achieve their educational potential. Expressed as ‘GeoCapabilities’, this concept draws on the the capabilities approach developed by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum applied to curriculum thinking in schools. While traditional subjects have often been deemed irrelevant and outdated in an overcrowded secondary school curriculum, subjects like geography have often been lost or combined with others to fulfil a broad skills agenda. More recent talk of a ‘knowledge led’ curriculum can often lead to the recitation of facts at the expense of developing deeper understanding. This book argues the concept of powerful geographical knowledge, based on the work of Michael Young and David Lambert, invests the subject of geography with its educational potential: this forms the basis of GeoCapabilities. GeoCapabilities focuses on both what is being taught and why, and as such provides a framework of curriculum thinking which will be of interest and value to geography teachers, school leaders with curriculum development responsibilities and all those interested in the capability approach and the moral imperative of education.
Geography For Dummies
by Jerry T. MitchellThe whole world in the palm of your hand Ever wonder how you can have a rainforest on one side of a mountain and a desert on the other? Or zoom around the globe with Google Maps and wonder how everything got to where it is now? The answer is…geography. In Geography For Dummies, you’ll discover that geography is more than just cool trivia—it explains tons about the world around us. From understanding the basics—like how to read maps and geographic coordinates—to learning about how the continents got to their current positions, you’ll learn fascinating things about the planet’s people, cities, resources, and more. In this book, you’ll discover: How geographers make and use maps to understand and tell useful stories about the earth How weather and climate shape the planet, impact the water supply, and change landscapes How humans use (and overuse) the planet we live on to our advantageGeography For Dummies is an incredible exploration of our planet and the people who live on it. This book takes a huge subject and makes it accessible for the rest of us!
Geography For Dummies (For Dummies Ser.)
by Charles A. HeatwoleGeography is more than just trivia, it can help you understand why we import or export certain products, predict climate change, and even show you where to place fire and police stations when planning a city. If you’re curious about the world and want to know more about this fascinating place, Geography For Dummies is a great place to start. Whether you’re sixteen or sixty, this fun and easy guide will help you make more sense of the world you live in. Geography For Dummies gives you the tools to interpret the Earth’s grid, read and interpret maps, and to appreciate the importance and implications of geographical features such as volcanoes and fault lines. Plus, you’ll see how erosion and weathering have and will change the earth’s surface and how it impacts people. You’ll get a firm hold of everything from the physical features of the world to political divisions, population, culture, and economics. You’ll also discover: How you can have a rainforest on one side of a mountain range and a desert on the other How ocean currents help to determine the geography of climates How to choose a good location for a shopping mall How you can properly put the plant to good use in everything you do How climate affects humans and how humans have affected the climate How human population has spread and the impact it has had on our world If you’re mixed up by map symbols or mystified by Mercator projections Geography For Dummies can help you find your bearings. Filled with key insights, easy-to-read maps, and cool facts, this book will expand your understanding of geography and today’s world.
Geography Indivisible: How and Why Configuration Matters
by Kevin R. CoxIn a context of disciplinary division between human and physical geography, the book seeks to reassert the unity of the field through an emphasis on a shared focus on the geographic configuration of things and how and why configuration is important. It first examines previous approaches to reestablishing unity, and why they have failed, before moving on to an explanation of fundamental differences in what is being studied and how. The role of configuration looms large in both. This is in the sense of contingency and the idea of emergence, suggesting that reconstruction of unity can proceed through an exchange of models of understanding. This book will appeal to those teaching courses or seminars in geographic thought or in the history of geographic thought.
Geography Meets Gendlin
by Janet BanfieldThis book makes a timely and engaging contribution to geography's resurgent interest in art and artistic practice, as well as to growing geographical concerns with embodied or pre-reflective experience. It introduces Eugene Gendlin's philosophical and methodological work to stimulate geographical thinking and practice, and explores its disciplinary potential through innovative practice-based research into artistic spatial experience. Gendlin's philosophy and techniques for articulating the pre-reflective are explained and illustrated using artists' accounts of their practices, both retrospectively and during their practice. The geographical implementation of research methods informed by those techniques is detailed and critiqued. Diverse and potentially contradictory findings, and potentially problematic methodological choices, are discussed, accounted for, and reframed through Gendlin's ideas. Significant geographical potential within Gendlin's work--philosophical, conceptual and methodological--is identified and described, and avenues and challenges for further investigation are highlighted. This first step towards a Gendlin-informed geography invites further engagement with his work.
Geography Of Islands (Routledge Studies In Human Geography Ser. #Vol. 1)
by Stephen A. RoyleFirst Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Geography Review Magazine Volume 32, 2018/19 Issue 1
by Hodder Education MagazinesThis A-level geography magazine provides topical articles by experts in the field, specifically written for students to help them gain the highest grades. With up-to-date articles and case studies, it also includes advice on the NEA and approaching exam questions.ContentsHazard perception and risk: learning from the L'Aquila earthquake Noel Castree Question and answer Coastal landscapes and change Geographical ideas Representation David Redfern Achieving water security: a case study of Singapore Yvonne Follows-Smith Everybody's talking about... Premature deindustrialisation Simon Oakes Centrepiece Life expectancy in England: a north-south journey Clare Bambra and Chris Orton Storm Ophelia: a UK case study of extreme weather Sylvia Knight NEA ideas Researching inequality Martin Evans Global governance Getting to grips with global norms Simon Oakes Do food banks help? Food insecurity in the UK Jon May, Andrew Williams, Paul Cloke and Liev Cherry El Niño and La Niña: understanding extreme weather George Adamson Geographical skills How to use qualitative data: researching place with images and oral histories David Holmes The big picture The death of the Arctic? Jamie Woodward
Geography Review Magazine Volume 32, 2018/19 Issue 2
by Hodder Education MagazinesContents:Australia's migrants: impacts on urban growthIain MeyerQuestion and answerWater and carbon cyclesThe permafrost carbon feedback: the impact of global warming on Arctic ecosystemsPhilip WookeyThe equality of water supply in Lilongwe: a resource-security case studyNoel CastreeCentrepieceEarth's changing climateEd HawkinsAdapting to climate change: an agricultural case study from Nepal Mary Peart and Morgan PhillipsGlobal development update Modern slavery: an issue of global governanceGill MillerGeographical ideasInequalitySimon OakesThe geography of branding: using place to sell productsAndy PikeGeographical skillsHow to use qualitative data: researching place with interviews and social mediaDavid HolmesNEA ideasResearching place and brandingMartin EvansThe big pictureWhy are Africa's oldest baobabs dying?Jamie Woodward
Geography Review Magazine Volume 32, 2018/19 Issue 3
by Hodder Education MagazinesContents for this issue:Changing the meaning of place: a rebranding case study of Park Hill Flats, SheffieldQuestion and answerGlobal urbanisationEverybody's talking about...OvertourismRiver ecosystems: why do they matter?Geographical ideasCausalityCentrepieceWorlds of wealthMeasuring diversity of place: a case study of LondonThe global e-waste tradeCarbon updateGreenhouse gases: monitoring for mitigationWater security across borders: two international case studiesGeographical skillsUsing photos as evidence in your NEA: getting the picture rightNEA ideasChanging placesThe big pictureCan we tackle the ocean plastics problem?
Geography Review Magazine Volume 32, 2018/19 Issue 4
by Hodder Education MagazinesContents for this issue: Coral reef ecosystems: monitoring climate changeQuestion and answerExtended writing: ten tips for quality answersWhat happens to your rubbish? The geography of wasteFood security in Detroit: a case studyNEA ideas?Measuring surface roughness in natural systemsGeographical ideasInterdependenceCentrepieceCan London become a National Park?Geographical skillsUsing photos as evidence in your NEA: presenting and interpreting imagesWetlands in drylands: understanding dynamic environmentsGlobal development updateInternational trade: changing approachesMaking connectionsGlaciation, climate change and tectonic hazardsMeasuring development: can we improve on GDP?Index to Volume 21The big pictureDestroying the sense of place in Venice
Geography Review Magazine Volume 33, 2019/20 Issue 1
by Hodder Education MagazinesContents: Managing the world's oceans Clive Schofield and Noel Castree Question and answer Regeneration and deprivation Making connections Hazard and place David Redfern Golden visas: how elite migration works David Ley Everybody's talking about 5G Simon Oakes Global development update Changing gender equality Alice Evans Centrepiece Protecting the high seas Olive Hefferman Floodplain fens: a case study of carbon cycling Kate Heppell et al. Carbon update Global temperature targets: do they work? Noel Castree Platform capitalism and globalisation Daniel Whittall Glaciated limestone landscapes: landforms and processes Jamie Woodward and Philip Hughes Geographical skills Researching literature for your NEA David Holmes and Matt Smith NEA ideas Hazard and place Martin Evans The big picture Restoring peatlands as a carbon store Martin Evans
Geography Review Magazine Volume 33, 2019/20 Issue 2
by Hodder Education MagazinesContents:Human vulnerability to 'natural' disasters: a case study of Hurricane KatrinaChristine EriksenQuestion and answerWhy have I been given this? Ten tips to improve data interpretationHow can we manage global warming?Noel Castree and Rob BellamyMaking connectionsLandscapes, climate and diseaseDavid RedfernGeography worksFrom geography degree to NHS managementSir Andrew DillonCarbon updateCarbon in the river systemClaire GoulsbraCentrepieceThe Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau megabridgeOllie DaviesRestoring peatlands: can increasing a carbon store help us manage floods?Martin EvansGlobal trade patterns: how are they changing?Jessie PoonGlobal governance updateScales of governance: climate policy in the USASimon OakesAge segregation and place: social inequality in the UKAlbert SabaterGeographical skillsGetting your sampling rightDavid HolmesNEA ideasAge segregationMartin EvansThe big pictureAgriculture and water pollutionNoel Castree
Geography and Ethics: Journeys in a Moral Terrain
by David M. Smith James D. ProctorThis book represents a landmark exploration of the common terrain of geography and ethics. Drawing together specially commissioned contributions from distinguished geographers across the UK, North America and Australasia, the place of geography in ethics and of ethics in geography is examined through wide-ranging, thematic chapters.Geography and Ethics is divided into four sections for discussion and exploration of ideas: Ethics and Space; Ethics and Place; Ethics and Nature and Ethics and knowledge, all of which point to the rich interplay between geography and moral philosophy or ethics.
Geography and Geographers: Anglo-American human geography since 1945
by Ron Johnston James D. SidawayGeography and Geographers continues to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of human geography available. It provides a survey of the major debates, key thinkers and schools of thought in the English-speaking world, setting them within the context of economic, social, cultural, political and intellectual changes. It is essential reading for all undergraduate geography students.It draws on a wide reading of the geographical literature and addresses the ways geography and its history are understood and the debates among geographers regarding what the discipline should study and how.This extensively updated seventh edition offers a thoroughly contemporary perspective on human geography for new and more experienced students alike.
Geography and Memory
by Owain Jones Joanne Garde-HansenThis collection shifts the focus from collective memory to individual memory, by incorporating new performative approaches to identity, place and becoming. Drawing upon cultural geography, the book provides an accessible framework to approach key aspects of memory, remembering, archives, commemoration and forgetting in modern societies.
Geography and Soil Properties (Routledge Library Editions: Geology #9)
by A.F. PittyThis book, first published in 1978, provides a comprehensive guide to soil properties in any major world region. It emphasizes the significance of the spatial changes in soil patterns, the environmental influence on soils, and their temporal changes, but focuses attention on the systematic examination of soil properties and their reciprocal effects. It covers such important topics as the mineral composition of different soils, their organic matter, structure and porosity, chemical make-up and mechanical properties.