This book highlights the way in which geography curricula are conceived, (re)-organised and implemented at different levels (local, regional, national, international) and how to respond concretely to these challenges. It also examines the obstacles, barriers and continuities that keep some parts of geography curricula in a century-old tradition.
In this book, the term curriculum is used in its Anglo-Saxon conception, which differs from its European use, which is limited to study plans. The term curriculum used in this book, refers to the prescribed curriculum, sometimes called formal, and also to the taught or real curriculum as well as the learned curriculum. To these three curricular forms, a fourth is added, called the hidden curriculum. This includes what is implicit for the actors (teachers, pupils, the school institution) and what is, voluntarily or not, ignored or concealed.
The contributions to this book examine each type of these four curricula and their interactions. It discusses how the passage from one curriculum level to another is not linear and implies recompositions, ruptures as well as continuities. The book also touches on the circulation between the different curricular levels and how that raises the question of the articulation between policy(ies) and practice.
Chapter
1. Introduction Reimagining Curriculum: Geographys Response to
Evolving Challenges.-Part I: Contemporary issues and challenges in geography
education.
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2. Post-Growth from the Perspectives of Young People in
Germany in the Context of Education for Sustainable Development.- Chapter
3.
Critical Reflections on Smart Mobility Raising the Awareness of Geography
Educators for the Social Implications of a Digital Mobility Transition.-
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4. Unveiling Environmental Complexity: Empowering High School
Students through Technology-Supported Simulations.
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5. Arguments in
geography classes investigating elementary school students' reasoning.-
Part II: Tools and Learning Approaches.
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6. The transformative
potential of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in cultivating spatial
awareness and active learning among primary school students.
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7. A
historical analysis of multisensory developments in geography education and
their implications for cultivating experiential learning.
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8. The use
of webcams to analyze globalized landscapes, illustrating how students can
critically engage with societal challenges through virtual exploration.-
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9. The integration of planetary sciences into geography education,
showcasing how socioscientific issues can bridge Earth and space studies to
address global and cosmic challenges.-Part III: New subjects to learn.-
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10. Training Teachers to Teach Geopolitics Subjects: A Comparative
Study of Israel and Germany.
Chapter
11. Teaching the Concept of Territory
in a Bachelor of Technology in France: Adjustments to Deal with a
Bureaucratic Reform.
Chapter
12. A new curriculum for teaching and learning
geography in French elementary school. Some reflections and critical notes.-
Chapter
13. Geography teaching in prevention and protection against natural
disasters in Serbia.
Magali Hardouin is a Senior Lecturer (HDR) at UBO-INSPE de Bretagne, France. She teaches in both initial and continuing teacher education within the MEEF Master's programs (first and second degrees), focusing on the following areas: geography, epistemology and didactics of geography, and research methodology. She also provides training in spatial planning and in educational, teaching and learning environments. She conducts her research within the UMR ESO (Spaces and Societies) and the CREAD.
Her research is structured around three strongly interconnected scientific axes, which she mobilizes from a systemic, interdisciplinary and multiscalar perspective to analyze contemporary educational inequalities: (1) Curriculum content, social relations and inequalities: a sociological and didactic approach to the transmission of geographical knowledge; (2) Education, territories and socio-spatial inequalities: educational dynamics and governance of school systems; (3) Planning of educational spaces and spatial justice: school spatialities, empowering environments, and evolving school forms.
Caroline Leininger-Frézal is a full professor at the Université Paris Cité, specialising in the didactics of geography and citizenship education. Her research explores how geography is taught and learned, with a particular focus on experiential learning, critical thinking and environmental education. She investigates innovative teaching methods such as virtual field trips and the integration of contemporary issues such as migration and sustainability into the curriculum. Professor Leininger-Frézal also supervises doctoral students and coordinates the Master's programme in the Didactics of Science (History- Geography Track), where she supports the professional development of in-service teachers. She is recognised for her contributions to curriculum design and teacher training in geography. She is currently President of the National Commission of French Geographers (CNFG), a French scientific society of geographers.
