School geography: exploring a definition
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# Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

- open up and ‘map’ geography and the ways the subject is understood (and sometimes misunderstood)
- examine ways in which the subject is under pressure – especially with regard to the ‘chasm’ that is said to exist between university and school geography
- establish reasons why the subject is important in relation to topical debates about sustainable development and citizenship
- evaluate the power of the subject via a practical lesson idea
- come to a ‘definition’ of geography in education.
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