A New Adventure in Geography Education
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Book Introduction
When I was teaching geography at school, one of my translator's colleagues once said this:
“Where do we have the luxury of worrying about things like that (the essence of education)?”
“It’s hard to keep up with what the Office of Education has set...” In a given curriculum, limited time and space, and a performance-oriented atmosphere that demands a certain level of results, thinking about ‘meaningful geography education for students’ might have been seen as the work of an idealist lacking a sense of reality.
Professor Gert Biesta, a world-renowned educationist, explains this reality with the concept of ‘learnification.’
He criticizes the educational trend of overemphasizing students' needs and desires in a performance-oriented culture, pointing out that this leads teachers to focus solely on the question of "how to teach."
In other words, it is considered the role of a competent teacher to think about how to effectively convey the given content and how to achieve results.
However, Biesta emphasizes that it is time to put education back at the center of its fundamental questions for 'valuable behavior change' - 'what' and 'why'.
Professor Steve Puttick's book can be said to be a response to the future-oriented discourse on geography education that was born within this very trend.
This book offers reflective and balanced insights into fundamental questions such as “What is the geography we teach?”, “Why is geography still valuable to students today?”, “What have we overlooked in geography education so far?”, and “What needs to be changed and how?”
Through this, readers are introduced to new possibilities for future geography curriculum design and teaching methods.
“Where do we have the luxury of worrying about things like that (the essence of education)?”
“It’s hard to keep up with what the Office of Education has set...” In a given curriculum, limited time and space, and a performance-oriented atmosphere that demands a certain level of results, thinking about ‘meaningful geography education for students’ might have been seen as the work of an idealist lacking a sense of reality.
Professor Gert Biesta, a world-renowned educationist, explains this reality with the concept of ‘learnification.’
He criticizes the educational trend of overemphasizing students' needs and desires in a performance-oriented culture, pointing out that this leads teachers to focus solely on the question of "how to teach."
In other words, it is considered the role of a competent teacher to think about how to effectively convey the given content and how to achieve results.
However, Biesta emphasizes that it is time to put education back at the center of its fundamental questions for 'valuable behavior change' - 'what' and 'why'.
Professor Steve Puttick's book can be said to be a response to the future-oriented discourse on geography education that was born within this very trend.
This book offers reflective and balanced insights into fundamental questions such as “What is the geography we teach?”, “Why is geography still valuable to students today?”, “What have we overlooked in geography education so far?”, and “What needs to be changed and how?”
Through this, readers are introduced to new possibilities for future geography curriculum design and teaching methods.
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Translator's Preface / 3
Preface / 6
Chapter 1 Adventures ···················································································13
Introduction ····························································································13
Children's Geography and Everyday Experiences ··········································20
Practical theorizing ·························24
Conclusion ···············································································29
Questions and Activities ··································································30
Chapter 2 Exploration and Geography ········································································35
Introduction ····························································································35
The Origins of Geography and Vasco da Gama ··············37
Joseph Conrad ··········································45
Exploration through War ··········································································54
Conclusion ···············································································59
Questions and Activities ··································································61
Chapter 3: Imperial Stratification (Traces) in School Geography ··············67
Introduction ····························································································67
School Geography: Changing the World 72
The Racial Geography of Empire ·································································77
Geography and Eurocentrism ··································································88
Strategies for Legitimizing Empires ·················································90
Strategy 1: Using Rhetoric to Avoid the Problematic Aspects ················90
Strategy 2: Describing the Income Statement Format ································································95
Strategy 3: The Logic of a Product of the Times ··················································98
Strategy 4: Dismissing criticism of the empire as a matter of "tone"...102
Conclusion ·············································································108
Questions and Activities ·································································110
Chapter 4: Power, Knowledge, and Their Captives ···············115
Introduction ··························································································115
Criticism of 'Powerful Knowledge' ··············································116
The meaning of 'powerful knowledge' ······································································118
Knowledge and experience ····································································122
Knowledge in Place ···············································································127
Powerful Knowledge, Truth, Belief, and Fear ·············132
Criticizing "Prisoners of Geography" ·············································135
Where are you really from? ····················································138
Africa ·····················································································144
Conclusion ·············································································150
Questions and Activities ·································································152
Chapter 5 Information Movement Paths ........................................................................... 157
Introduction ··························································································157
Mountains, Information, and the People Hidden Within ························161
The Online Journey of Information ·······················································168
A New Journey of Information, Old Stories About Statistics ·············174
Conclusion ··························································································182
Questions and Activities ················································································184
Chapter 6: Where Should We Begin? ·····························191
Introduction ··························································································191
Departing from Europe ·······································································193
Beginning with al-Idrisi ····································199
Starting in the Global South ·······················202
Starting from the local and everyday life ···············································206
Kolkata ··········································································208
Oxford ····················································································214
High Climate ··························································································214
Conclusion ··························································································220
· Questions and Activities ················································································224
Chapter 7: What Should We Talk About? ·····························233
Introduction ··························································································233
A Big Story Explaining the World ·············································237
Plot ·······················································································242
Characters ····················································································246
Conflict ··························································································250
With storytellers ······································································254
Questions and Activities ················································································257
Search ····················································································263
Preface / 6
Chapter 1 Adventures ···················································································13
Introduction ····························································································13
Children's Geography and Everyday Experiences ··········································20
Practical theorizing ·························24
Conclusion ···············································································29
Questions and Activities ··································································30
Chapter 2 Exploration and Geography ········································································35
Introduction ····························································································35
The Origins of Geography and Vasco da Gama ··············37
Joseph Conrad ··········································45
Exploration through War ··········································································54
Conclusion ···············································································59
Questions and Activities ··································································61
Chapter 3: Imperial Stratification (Traces) in School Geography ··············67
Introduction ····························································································67
School Geography: Changing the World 72
The Racial Geography of Empire ·································································77
Geography and Eurocentrism ··································································88
Strategies for Legitimizing Empires ·················································90
Strategy 1: Using Rhetoric to Avoid the Problematic Aspects ················90
Strategy 2: Describing the Income Statement Format ································································95
Strategy 3: The Logic of a Product of the Times ··················································98
Strategy 4: Dismissing criticism of the empire as a matter of "tone"...102
Conclusion ·············································································108
Questions and Activities ·································································110
Chapter 4: Power, Knowledge, and Their Captives ···············115
Introduction ··························································································115
Criticism of 'Powerful Knowledge' ··············································116
The meaning of 'powerful knowledge' ······································································118
Knowledge and experience ····································································122
Knowledge in Place ···············································································127
Powerful Knowledge, Truth, Belief, and Fear ·············132
Criticizing "Prisoners of Geography" ·············································135
Where are you really from? ····················································138
Africa ·····················································································144
Conclusion ·············································································150
Questions and Activities ·································································152
Chapter 5 Information Movement Paths ........................................................................... 157
Introduction ··························································································157
Mountains, Information, and the People Hidden Within ························161
The Online Journey of Information ·······················································168
A New Journey of Information, Old Stories About Statistics ·············174
Conclusion ··························································································182
Questions and Activities ················································································184
Chapter 6: Where Should We Begin? ·····························191
Introduction ··························································································191
Departing from Europe ·······································································193
Beginning with al-Idrisi ····································199
Starting in the Global South ·······················202
Starting from the local and everyday life ···············································206
Kolkata ··········································································208
Oxford ····················································································214
High Climate ··························································································214
Conclusion ··························································································220
· Questions and Activities ················································································224
Chapter 7: What Should We Talk About? ·····························233
Introduction ··························································································233
A Big Story Explaining the World ·············································237
Plot ·······················································································242
Characters ····················································································246
Conflict ··························································································250
With storytellers ······································································254
Questions and Activities ················································································257
Search ····················································································263
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: August 30, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 272 pages | 176*248*20mm
- ISBN13: 9788925419305
- ISBN10: 8925419300
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