Tutoring Relevant Geography
A People's Geography Project initiative
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11954237 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louise Appleton (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 291-307 |
| Publication date | 2002-10-28 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Geography in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8265 • E-ISSN: 1466-1845 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0309826022000019873 |
| OpenAlex | W2051477477 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 12 |
UK geography departments are now reaching the stage where, in light of social change and growing competition for students, the need to offer a degree programme that is relevant to the needs and expectations of students is a real urgency. Drawing on the People's Geography Project, an initiative from the USA, this paper details the experiences of the author in teaching relevant geography in first-year undergraduate tutorials. The paper contends that by providing an opportunity for students to engage in contentious debate and to adopt a political position, students are encouraged to approach issues from a critical geographical perspective, demonstrate the relevance of a geographical perspective in contemporary issues, recognise the conflicting interests from competing discourses and reach a possible, just solution to social problems. This paper reports on the choice of topics, the forum of debate and assessment through alternative coursework styles, and it analyses the learning of both geographical and transferable skills through a People's Geography tutorial programme. The degree of relevance perceived by both the students and the tutor is evaluated, and suggestions are made for further development of a People's Geography approach
Coursework · Development geography · Five themes of geography · Geography · Historical geography · Human geography · Pedagogy · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Relevance (law · Social science · Sociology · Time geography · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Geography Education and Pedagogy · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought
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Virtual Geographies and the Use of the Internet for Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education
Teaching visualised geographies
Thinking Radical Democracy Spatially
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2009 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |