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Esther Vernon; Alison Dunphy – Curriculum Journal, 2025
This paper discusses the application of Karl Maton's notion of 'semantic waves' to the teaching of geography at the post-16 phase (A-level) in England. Drawing on evidence generated through a 2-year close-to-practice case study, it illustrates its potential as a scaffold in two ways. Firstly, one that can help teachers face both ways: Towards…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Semantics
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Ferretti, Federico – Journal of Geography, 2017
This article addresses Patrick Geddes's relationship with geography and visual education by focusing on his collaboration with the network of the anarchist geographers Élie, Élisée, and Paul Reclus. Drawing on empirical archival research, it contributes to the current debates on geographies of anarchist education and on geographic teaching. The…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Geography, Visual Learning, Social Networks
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Luchetta, Sara – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2018
Drawing from the importance of narrative inquiry in contemporary geographical reasoning and teaching, this paper focuses on some practices set around the relationship between maps and literature. Reader-generated maps, maps produced starting from the reading of a literary text, are at the core of a reflection on the potentialities of literary…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Reading Achievement, Concept Mapping, Geography Instruction
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Baylina Ferré, Mireia; Rodó de Zárate, Maria – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2016
Intersectionality is a complex concept to deal with when doing research but also when teaching the interrelationships between space and social relations. Here we present "Relief Maps" as a visual tool for teaching intersectionality and its spatial dimension in higher education courses. "Relief Maps" are a model developed for…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Visual Learning, Teaching Methods, Geography Instruction