New ways of Geography teaching.

D. Leat, J.A. van der Schee, L. Vankan

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    Abstract

    Following a constructivist view on learning and based on the work of Adey and Shayer a group of teachers and lecturers in geographical education from north-east England developed some successful strategies to stimulate pupils' thinking skills. At the start of this century the ideas reached The Netherlands. This article presents the results of a survey among Dutch geography teachers who participated in an in-service training about thinking skills strategies for geography. Did these teachers really use the strategies in their classrooms after the in-service training? What kind of impact had it on their opinions about the usability of the strategies, their beliefs about students' learning and about their own teaching? This study shows that, in line with experiences in England, most Dutch geography teachers appreciate the thinking skills strategies as a good way to stimulate students' and their own learning. © 2005 Association for Teacher Education in Europe.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)327-342
    JournalEuropean Journal of Teacher Education
    Volume28
    Issue number30
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2005

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