Geography Books

New and Published Books

1. Effective Innovation in the Secondary Geography Curriculum

   A practical guide

   By Charles Rawding

   How up-to-date is your geographical thought? Are parts of your curriculum becoming tired and out-dated? Effective Innovation in the Secondary Geography Curriculum will help training and practising secondary school teachers understand how to evaluate and refresh their curriculum in order to ensure...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
2. Debates in Geography Education

   Edited by David Lambert, Mark Jones

   Series: Debates in Subject Teaching

   Debates in Geography Education encourages student and practising teachers to engage with and reflect on key issues, concepts and debates in their specialist subject teaching. It aims to enable geography teachers to reach their own informed judgements and argue their point of view with deeper...

   Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge
3. Technology, Literacy, and the Evolution of Society

   Implications of the Work of Jack Goody

   Edited by David R. Olson, Michael Cole

   Inspired by the seminal work of Jack Goody, a historical anthropologist specializing in the study of social structure and change, Technology, Literacy, and the Evolution of Society gathers diverse perspectives of 20 distinguished historians, anthropologists, psychologists, and educators to address...

   Published December 4th 2012 by Psychology Press
4. Geography and Social Justice in the Classroom

   Edited by Todd W. Kenreich

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   The rise of critical discourses in the discipline of geography has opened up new avenues for social justice. Geography and Social Justice in the Classroom brings together contemporary research in geography and fresh thinking about geography’s place in the social studies curriculum. The book’s main...

   Published October 18th 2012 by Routledge
5. Active Learning and Student Engagement

   International Perspectives and Practices in Geography in Higher Education

   Edited by Mick Healey, Eric Pawson, Michael Solem

   This book examines significant issues in geography teaching and learning from the perspectives of an international network of academic geographers and postgraduate students. Drawing on classroom experiences and research in a wide variety of educational settings, the authors describe conceptually...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
6. Tackling Controversial Issues in the Primary School

   Facing Life's Challenges with Your Learners

   By Richard Woolley

   How do you broach family values with seven year olds? Can you help young children understand racism? Can you avoid bringing your own prejudices into the classroom? Talking effectively about controversial issues with young children is a challenge facing every primary school teacher. Tackling...

   Published June 23rd 2010 by Routledge
7. Social Studies and Diversity Education

   What We Do and Why We Do It

   Edited by Elizabeth E. Heilman, Ramona Fruja, Matthew Missias

   The preparation of social studies teachers is crucial not only to the project of good education, but, even more broadly, to the cultivation of a healthy democracy and the growth of a nation’s citizens. This one-of-a-kind resource features ideas from over 100 of the field's most thoughtful teacher...

   Published October 26th 2009 by Routledge
8. Learning to Teach Geography in the Secondary School

   A Companion to School Experience, 2nd Edition

   By David Lambert, David Balderstone

   Series: Learning to Teach Subjects in the Secondary School Series

   Learning to Teach Geography in the Secondary School has become the widely recommended textbook for student and new teachers of geography. It helps them acquire a deeper understanding of the role, purpose and potential of geography within the secondary curriculum, and provides the practical skills...

   Published August 18th 2009 by Routledge
9. Global Perspectives in the Geography Curriculum

   Reviewing the Moral Case for Geography

   By Alex Standish

   ‘For geographers across the globe this book provides the arguments for a return to the teaching of geography and why they should reject the politicisation of the subject by education policy makers and politicians. Standish’s careful critique shows the necessity of a depoliticised geography...

   Published October 6th 2008 by Routledge
10. Social Studies for the Twenty-First Century

    Methods and Materials for Teaching in Middle and Secondary Schools, 3rd Edition

    By Jack Zevin, Jack Zevin

    Social Studies for the Twenty-First Century, Third Edition weaves theory, curriculum, methods, and assessment into a comprehensive model to guide middle and secondary teachers in setting objectives; planning lessons, units, and courses; choosing classroom strategies; and constructing tests&...

    Published March 6th 2007 by Routledge