Geography and sustainability: the future of school geography?

Daniella Tilbury, David Wortman

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    Abstract

    Geography’s relationship with environmental education has been an important theme in education since the 1970's, sparking ongoing debates about the positioning of environmental education in the school. Such debates have explored both the content and process of environmental education, and whether or not it should be a separate course or a cross-curricular theme (Gough, 1997). Innovations in the field have increasingly moved environmental education away from being a sub-set in geography and science syllabuses towards becoming a broader cross-curricular theme in schools (Gough, 1997). More recently, however, "whole-school" approaches to environmental education have created new opportunities for developing synergies between sustainability and geographical education, both inside and outside the formal curriculum, to explore human-environment relationships.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationGeographical education in a changing world
    Subtitle of host publicationpast experience, current trends and future challenges
    EditorsJohn Lidstone, Michael Williams
    Place of PublicationDordrecht, The Netherlands
    PublisherSpringer, Springer Nature
    Pages195-211
    Number of pages17
    ISBN (Print)9781402048067
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006

    Publication series

    NameGeojournal library
    PublisherSpringer
    Volume85
    ISSN (Print)0924-5499

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