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Using a cross-curricular approach, Wiegand discusses the knowledge necessary for preparing children for life in a pluralist society. Looking at theories of education for citizenship, environment education and economic and industrial understanding, it examines the evidence for what children know and feel about their own country, other countries and people in "distant" places. He offers practical... Read more
Note on National Curriculum Documentation, List of Figures, Acknowledgments, Chapter 1. Knowledge and Understanding of Places in the National Curriculum, Chapter 2. Developmental Approaches to the Concept of Place, Chapter 3. Images, Stereotypes and Prejudice, Chapter 4. Long Distance Information, Chapter 5. Children's Travel and Overseas Links, Chapter 6. Teaching About Places, Appendix Addresses of organizations referred to in the text, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Patrick Wiegand
