Review article
https://doi.org/10.21861/hgg.2011.73.01.21
Action as a Missing Link Between the Concepts and Practice of Geography Teaching
Clemens Wieser
; Department of Geography and Regional Research University of Vienna, Austria
Abstract
Teaching geography involves a teacher who takes actions in respect to subject matter. While such actions are performed everyday, analysing teaching action is not a trivial matter. Teaching depends on the subject matter taught, resulting in teaching actions specific
to subjects. To analyse how action is conceptualised for geography education, the paper reviews four research approaches prominent in German-speaking geography education and highlights how action is conceptualised in concepts for geography teaching. The review
analyses conceptualisations of action in research on (1) student interests in geography, (2) everyday life concepts of students, (3) conceptual change, and (4) Educational Reconstruction. Analysis shows that current research on geography education aims to suggest
strategies for teaching, but does not conceptualise teaching and learning as interaction between teachers and learners. Analysis is followed by an outline posing a contribution to the empirical analysis of teaching actions and classroom interaction in geography education.
Keywords
geography teachers; geographical education; classroom interaction; secondary school education
Hrčak ID:
71523
URI
Publication date:
1.8.2011.
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