Frontiers in geographical teaching; - Hardcover

Richard J. Chorley; Peter Haggett

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 041616840X ISBN 13: 9780416168402

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Methuen, 1970

Synopsis

Originally published in 1965 and with a second edition in 1970. Building upon the original two Madingley Hall seminars for teachers of non-university geography in 1965, this book presents an updated research picture of the 1970 transatlantic perspective. Answering the questions What is happening in geography and What impact does this have on school geography, this provided a real link for students who were then making the increasingly difficult transition from school to university geography. Originally receiving a hostile reaction from British journals, the book's diagnosis and prognosis were a forerunner of developments in methodological changes of the discipline. This work collects a series of essays delineating geographic concepts in terms of the philosophic underpinnings, assessment of the geomorphic system, climatology, and social economic and historical changing trends. Techniques are reviewed including quantitative methods for geomorphology and social geography, fieldwork both in urban areas and land-use surveys, and finally in physical planning. Final analyses examine and contrast the teaching methods and courses in American and British High Schools, Colleges and Universities.

Edition details

• Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Methuen
• Publication date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041616840X
• ISBN 13: 9780416168402
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 385