Geography Education's Potential and the Capability Approach GeoCapabilities and Schools /

• Main Author: Bustin, Richard (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Schools.; International education .; Comparative education.; Geography.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education-Curricula.; Schools and Schooling.; International and Comparative Education.; Geography, general.; Curriculum Studies.

'This book is a very welcome entry into the status of subject knowledge in contemporary schools not only in England but also internationally. By building its theoretical background on 'powerful knowledge' and the capability approach, it beautifully highlights the role of subject teach...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. What is the purpose of schools?
• Chapter 2. Mapping a curriculum 'crisis'
• Chapter 3. Bringing the 'geography' back in
• Chapter 4. The 'capabilities approach' to geography education
• Chapter 5. Developing geocapabilities: The role of research
• Chapter 6. The potential of a future 3 'capabilities' curriculum
• Chapter 7. Conclusions.