Research and Debate in Primary Geography

Abstract

1. Introduction: Thinking about primary geography Simon Catling 2. Enquiring into primary teachers' geographical knowledge Simon Catling and Emma Morley 3. English primary trainee teachers' perceptions of geography Emma Morley 4. Contesting powerful knowledge: the primary geography curriculum as an articulation between academic and children's (ethno-) geographies Simon Catling and Fran Martin 5. Ethnogeography: towards liberatory geography education Fran Martin 6. More than just core knowledge? A framework for effective and high-quality primary geography Paula Owens 7. Geography and creativity: developing joyful and imaginative learners Stephen Scoffham 8. Subject-based and cross-curricular approaches within the revised primary curriculum in Northern Ireland: teachers' concerns and preferred approaches Richard Greenwood 9. Teachers' perspectives on curriculum making in Primary Geography in England Simon Catling 10. Children researching their urban environment: developing a methodology Elisabeth Barratt Hacking and Robert Barratt 11. My Place: Exploring children's place-related identities through reading and writing Emma Charlton, Gabrielle Cliff Hodges, Pam Pointon, Maria Nikolajeva, Erin Spring, Liz Taylor and Dominic Wyse 12. Same old story: the problem of object-based thinking as a basis for teaching distant places Fran Martin 13. 'They are like us' - teaching about Europe through the eyes of children Daniela Schmeinck 14. Giving younger children voice in primary geography: empowering pedagogy - a personal perspective Simon Catling