I’ve reviewed two recent books that all geographers and tourism geographers concerned with education should read: Alex Standish’s ‘The False Promise of Global Learning: Why Education Needs Boundaries’ looks the rise of ‘global’ education. Within geography, at both school and University, ‘global perspectives’ are presented as a progressive development. Standish argues convincingly that the global agenda carries with it some worrying features. Firstly, he shows that geographical knowledge has been downplayed in favour of discussions of morality and global citizenship. The latter are certainly no bad thing in and of themselves, but Standish argues that solid geographical knowledge as a
Education and Geography
Education and Geography
Education and Geography
I’ve reviewed two recent books that all geographers and tourism geographers concerned with education should read: Alex Standish’s ‘The False Promise of Global Learning: Why Education Needs Boundaries’ looks the rise of ‘global’ education. Within geography, at both school and University, ‘global perspectives’ are presented as a progressive development. Standish argues convincingly that the global agenda carries with it some worrying features. Firstly, he shows that geographical knowledge has been downplayed in favour of discussions of morality and global citizenship. The latter are certainly no bad thing in and of themselves, but Standish argues that solid geographical knowledge as a