ABSTRACT

First published in 1987, this title provides primary school teachers with ideas by which geographical skills and ideas can be introduced in the primary school. John Bale shows how teachers can build on children’s ‘private geographies’ with practical learning strategies, examining approaches to the teaching of map skills, the ways in which the locality can be used and how information about distant places can best be relayed. An interesting, useful and relevant guide, this title will be of particular value for teachers and teachers in training, as well as those studying primary Education more generally.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|9 pages

Aims and objectives

chapter 3|17 pages

Teaching map skills

chapter 4|33 pages

Using the locality

chapter 5|15 pages

Far away places

chapter 6|34 pages

Classroom styles

chapter 7|9 pages

Towards a geographical education

chapter 8|2 pages

Conclusion and on going further