Michael Young's concept of “powerful knowledge” has received widespread attention from
many in geographical education. I use the claims Young has made about powerful …

This chapter highlights and outlines a variety of differentiated aspects of children's lives, up
to 11/12 years old, arising in and from varied socio-environmental and spatial contexts. We …

Complex global challenges, rapid shifts in the mediation and distribution of information,
rising inequalities and a toxic milieu of low-quality public reasoning make geography …

This article critically considers the importance of educators asking,'who are the children we
teach?'before attending to questions of purpose, curriculum and pedagogy. Through …

Schools are one of the most important social-geographic sites where children's lives play
out. Although researchers have sought to understand children's school experiences in India …

This article examines the relationships between children's everyday lives and geographical
education. Drawing on research with five young people in London, the article examines their …

This article represents a new focus on how we can make student teachers' images more
explicit and voiced in teacher training in geography. The expectations and values of the …

Drawing on a survey of 333 undergraduate students who were reading geography at
universities across the British Isles in late 2020, this chapter examines students' reflections …

Initial teacher education, among other things, significantly influences what conceptions of
geography teaching build the steppingstones at the beginning of pre-service teachers' …

In the 18th Century poem entitled 'The School-Boy', William Blake portrays children sat in
rows in a classroom, under the 'cruel eye'of their teacher and removed from the wonders and …