The Teaching of Geography

Originally published in 1967, this book addresses the teaching of various kinds of geography to secondary school students.

B. C. Wallis (Author)

9781107623163, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 12 September 2013

426 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.54 kg

Originally published in 1967 as the fifth edition of a 1935 original, this book addresses the teaching of various kinds of geography to secondary school students. The text includes suggestions for classwork and possible field courses, in order that geography may have 'its maximum educational effect'. This book will be of value to anyone interested in the history of geography education in Britain.

Author's preface
1. The scope of school geography
2. Descriptive geography
3. Transition geography
4. Transition geography (continued)
5. Systematic and argumentative geography
6. Argumentative geography (continued)
7. A conspectus of the geography scheme
8. Geographical explanation
9. Regional and economic geography
10. Quantitative work
11. History and geography
12. Practical exercises and individual work
13. The use of the globe
14. Contour lines
15. Seeing gold
16. Outdoor and holiday work
17. Test papers and examinations
18. Selected examination questions
19. The geography rooms
20. Apparatus
21. Correlation
22. The science of geography. A human science
Index.

Subject Areas: Philosophy & theory of education [JNA]