1st Edition

Geography and Social Justice in the Classroom

Edited By Todd W. Kenreich Copyright 2013
188 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

202 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

188 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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 purposes are to introduce teachers and teacher educators to new research in geography, and to... Read more

Introduction  Todd W. Kenreich  Part I: Contemporary Research in Geography  1. The Relational Turn and the Political Geographies of Youth  Fernando J. Bosco  2. Maps that Say "No!": The Rise of Prohibitive Cartography  Mark Monmonier  3. Women at the U.S.-Mexico Border  Ellen Hansen and Janice Monk  4. Segregated Cities: U.S. Housing and Race in the Post-Civil Rights Era  Jeffrey Crump  Part II: Geography and P-12 Education  5. The Complexities of Teaching Simple Geographic Concepts: A Guide to Connecting Critical Geography to the Classroom  Rickie Sanders  6. Geography for Civic Action in East Los Angeles  Benjamin D. Weber  7. "It’s Just Geography": Critical Geography and a Critique of Advanced Placement Human Geography  William Gaudelli and Timothy Patterson  8. Queer Geography: A Query of Norms in the Social Studies  Sandra J. Schmidt  9. New Meridians: Social Education and Citizenship in a Critical Geography  Robert J. Helfenbein  10. Conclusion: The Future of Critical Geographic Literacy  Todd W. Kenreich

Biography

Todd W. Kenreich is Graduate Program Director and Associate Professor of Secondary Education at Towson University.