1st Edition
Geography in British Schools, 1885-2000 Making a World of Difference
By Rex Walford
Copyright 2001
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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This history charts how geography rose to popularity on a tide of imperial enthusiasms in Victorian time and made its way into many elementary schools in the latter half of the 19th century. Many geography lessons were not dominated by the rote-learning of "capes and bays" and some of the pioneers of the subject led the way in the use of models, visual aids and "object lessons" in schools. The... Read more
1: Introduction, 2. Travellers' Tales and Cosmography before 1850, 3. Capes and Bays- Millstones or Milestones? 1850-80, 4. Imperial Imperatives, 1880-1900, 5. The Struggle for Recognition, 1900-20, 6. Field-Days, 1920-40, 7. Regions and the Road to Ennui, 1940-60, 8. The New Model Army, 1960-75, 9. Radical Responses, 1975-85, 10. The Notion of a National Curriculum, 1985-90, 11. The Butcher, the Baker, the Curriculum Fudge-Maker, 1990-2000, 12. Geography -The Way Ahead, 2000-.
Biography
Rex Walford
