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Direct linkJaume Binimelis Sebastián; Antoni Ordinas Garau; Maurici Ruiz Pérez – Educational Studies, 2024
The article underscores that the cartographic language used in social science textbooks for primary education in Spain is unsuitable and does not meet the demands of the official syllabus. Consequently, pupil literacy in geography with regard to regional geography is markedly ethnocentric. To demonstrate this, the cartographic content of textbooks…
Descriptors: Geography, Knowledge Level, Cartography, Social Sciences
Peer reviewedWiegand, Patrick; Stiell, Bernadette – Educational Studies, 1996
Presents the results of an experiment that asked 53 middle school children to identify continent shapes and to arrange them to form a map of the world. Australia, Europe, and Asia were the most recognized. Misidentified and misaligned most consistently were Africa and Antarctica. Discusses possible reasons and teachers' responses. (MJP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Fundamental Concepts, Geographic Location, Geography
