Geography in the Early Years

Joanna Birch, Joy Palmer9780415320702, 0415320704

Palmser and Birch (both U. of Durham) explore the teaching of geography not in the early years of human intellect or of the discipline, but among children aged three to seven. For nursery and early elementary school teachers, they overview some of the more theoretical aspects and illustrate them with recent research findings, discussions, case studies, and suggestions for practice. The underlying context is the National Curriculum for Schools in England.

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Table of contents :
Preliminaries……Page 1
Contents……Page 6
The authors……Page 9
Editor’s preface……Page 10
Acknowledgements……Page 12
1 The young child in the geographical world……Page 14
2 Geographical and environmental education……Page 41
3 Policy planning and organisation……Page 57
4 Policy into practice……Page 99
5 Training and professional development……Page 178
6 Resources……Page 206
Postscript……Page 219
References……Page 222
Name index……Page 226
Subject index……Page 227