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Direct linkBlankman, Marian; van der Schee, Joop; Volman, Monique; Boogaard, Marianne – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2015
This paper presents the findings of a study conducted among primary geography teacher educators. The research examines the perceptions of educators of primary teacher students' desired and achieved levels of substantial knowledge, syntactic knowledge, and beliefs about the subject of geography. The findings indicate that primary teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Hooghuis, Fer; van der Schee, Joop; van der Velde, Martin; Imants, Jeroen; Volman, Monique – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2014
The development of geographical reasoning is essential in geographical education. Strategies developed by the English "Thinking Through Geography" group (TTG) offer a promising approach to promote geographical reasoning. In the last decade, the TTG approach has become a regular element in geographical education in several countries.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography, Geography Instruction, Thinking Skills
van der Schee, Joop; Kolkman, Ronnie – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2010
Although there is a widespread interest in testing in geography, very few empirical studies exist of internationally validated testing models. Arguably the best international geography test in secondary education is found in the International Geography Olympiad, and this test is the focus of this paper. Apart from a written response test and…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Geography Instruction, Geography, Tests
van der Schee, Joop; Notte, Henk; Zwartjes, Luc – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2010
An important question for geography teachers all over the world is how to define, stimulate and test geographic literacy. Although modern technology is no guarantee of quality, it offers new possibilities for teaching and testing, as can be seen in contemporary geography learning/teaching units using digital maps and interactive tests. Tests such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, Geography, Benchmarking
Favier, Tim; van der Schee, Joop – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2009
Geographic information systems (GIS) offer many possibilities for supporting student research projects. This paper deals with the results of the first phase of a design study on student research projects that combine (quantitative) data collection in the field with data visualisation, manipulation and analysis in GIS. In this study, we try to…
Descriptors: Student Research, Research Projects, Information Systems, Geography Instruction
van der Schee, Joop; Leat, David; Vankan, Leon – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2006
Expressing the desire that geography should be a more challenging subject that helps pupils to become better learners, a group of academic geographers and geography teachers from northeast England developed teaching strategies to stimulate pupils to think through geography. Teachers in England and the Netherlands report that these strategies are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, Educational Strategies, Geography
