ERIC Number: EJ1465893
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
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ISSN: ISSN-0309-8265
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Navigating Personal and Disciplinary Frontiers: Engaging with Undergraduate Geography Students' Reflections on Their Geographical Education
Grace Healy1,2; Lauren Hammond1,3
Journal of Geography in Higher Education, v49 n2 p203-226 2025
In this article, we engage with undergraduate geography students' reflections on their geography education. We begin by examining the position of geography within education across the British Isles. Following this, we critically consider how geography education is shaped by "the gap" between school and university geography and geographies of education, before reporting on the findings from a survey of 333 undergraduate students studying geography across the British Isles conducted in late 2020. We examine the complex question of who is studying geography at undergraduate level, students' journeys through their geography degree, and their experiences of personal and disciplinary frontiers in education. We conclude by arguing the importance of educators engaging with students' "everyday" geographies, and for further research into progress across education phases in geography to co-construct a rich and rounded geographic education.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Geography Instruction, Curriculum Development, College Faculty, Human Geography, Student Attitudes, Developmental Continuity, Student Development, Intellectual Disciplines, Majors (Students), Course Selection (Students), Relevance (Education)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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Author Affiliations: 1IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, London, UK; 2Department of Education, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; 3Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK