Gabriel Bladh
Biographic Data
| ID | 4442716 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gabriel Bladh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gabriel |
| FAMILY NAME | Bladh |
| SIGNATURE | BLADH G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Karlstad University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0786-6977 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Reflecting on the powers, possibilities and constraints of geography curricula in England, Finland and Sweden
National curriculum statements found within the Official Recontextualising Field (ORF) provide an insight into how geography as a school subject is conceptualized in a country’s education system. National curricula can shape teachers’ agency in curriculum making and what, how and where children and young people study and learn geography. This paper engages with the lower secondary national geography curriculum for England, Finland and Sweden. We …
Curriculum making in an age of crisis
This article discusses the geography curriculum in response to the current epoch. Epoch-typical issues include economic and environmental justice associated with climate change. The circumstances we describe are exacerbated, we suggest, by the broader social, cultural and political contexts and divisions stoked by post-truth politics and social media. We argue that this age of crisis calls for a positive, coherent and principled educational respo…
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Swedish 12-13 Year-Old Students’ Geographical Understanding of the Gulf Stream
The aim of this study was to investigate students’ understanding of the Gulf Stream as a geographical phenomenon and in relation to geospatial conceptualizations focusing on the geographical concepts of location, distribution and interaction. Data consists of 134 responses from 12-13-year-old students who completed an assignment in the Swedish national test in geography (2013). The responses were analyzed using thematic analysis. Data was complem…
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Swedish 12-13 Year-Old Students’ Geographical Understanding of the Gulf Stream
The aim of this study was to investigate students’ understanding of the Gulf Stream as a geographical phenomenon and in relation to geospatial conceptualizations focusing on the geographical concepts of location, distribution and interaction. Data consists of 134 responses from 12-13-year-old students who completed an assignment in the Swedish national test in geography (2013). The responses were analyzed using thematic analysis. Data was complem…
Reflecting on the powers, possibilities and constraints of geography curricula in England, Finland and Sweden
National curriculum statements found within the Official Recontextualising Field (ORF) provide an insight into how geography as a school subject is conceptualized in a country’s education system. National curricula can shape teachers’ agency in curriculum making and what, how and where children and young people study and learn geography. This paper engages with the lower secondary national geography curriculum for England, Finland and Sweden. We …
Curriculum making in an age of crisis
This article discusses the geography curriculum in response to the current epoch. Epoch-typical issues include economic and environmental justice associated with climate change. The circumstances we describe are exacerbated, we suggest, by the broader social, cultural and political contexts and divisions stoked by post-truth politics and social media. We argue that this age of crisis calls for a positive, coherent and principled educational respo…
Reading to Stay
Curriculum (2 works) · Curriculum development (2 works) · Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Geography Education and Pedagogy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Agency (philosophy) (1 work) · Cartography (1 work)