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50 Years of ERIC
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Dolan, Anne M.; Waldron, Fionnuala; Pike, Susan; Greenwood, Richard – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2014
Primary geography education is an important part of initial teacher education. The importance of prior experiences in the development of student teachers has long been recognised and there is growing evidence of the nature of those experiences in areas such as geography. This paper reports the findings of research conducted with one cohort of…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Prior Learning, Geography
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Pike, Susan – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2011
This paper reports on the findings of a research project investigating children's experiences of their local environments. Children's experiences of spaces and places and the interaction of such experiences and their learning were investigated, using mixed research methods, informed by phenomenological and participatory methodologies. Through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Neighborhoods, Place Based Education
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Pike, Susan; Clough, Peter – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2005
The Revised Primary School Curriculum, if implemented, will change the nature of teaching and learning about countries in primary classrooms in the Republic of Ireland (ROI). This research aims to listen to children's voices about distant countries in order to reflect on their experiences and ideas on learning about distant places. (Contains 4…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Geography, Geography Instruction