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The Teaching of Geography

The Teaching of Geography

The Teaching of Geography

B. C. Wallis
September 2013
Paperback
9781107623163
AUD$54.50
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Paperback

    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.

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    September 2013
    Paperback
    9781107623163
    426 pages
    216 × 140 × 24 mm
    0.54kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 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.
      Author
    • B. C. Wallis