Geography of Education sets out the scope of this emergent, interdisciplinary field. It illustrates the essential affinity of geographical and educational studies, by emphasising the geographical factors influencing formal education systems and other forms of knowledge transfer. Colin Brock begins by arguing the theoretical synergy that exists between the nature of both geography and educational studies as disciplines. This is then exemplified by an analysis of the emergence of systems of schooling under the influence of religious, political and economic forces. The author also considers informal and non-formal modes of education, and argues that the huge diversity of such provision creates a rich resource for research into geographies of education. In the final chapters the author turns his attention to the role of cyberspace, which has its own geography, in learning, and considers education as a form of humanitarian response to issues of environmental sustainability. By bringing together a wide range of themes and topics relating to both education and geography, Colin Brock argues that the geographical approach should inform the evolution of all types of educational provision around the world.
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Preface, David Ley (University of British Columbia, Canada) Introduction 1. Geography, Education and the ‘Geography of Education’ 2. The Geography of Educational Reality 3. Aspects of the Geographies of Education Systems 4. Geographies of Non-Formal and Informal Education 5. Geography, Survival and Sustainability Conclusion References Index
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Geography of Education is an important book … [Brock] is the first to draw together the considerable range of geographical dimensions of and insights into education … It is a key source to promote future research in geographies of education.
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The first title to set out the scope of this emergent field, which introduces geographical factors to the analysis of educational provision and operation.
The first title in English to introduce this emerging interdisciplinary field

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ISBN
9781474223249
Publisert
2016-09-22
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Vekt
508 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
240

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Biographical note

Colin Brock is Honorary Professor of Education at the University of Durham, UK, and Visiting Professor of Geography at the University of Loughborough, UK. He was formerly UNESCO Chair of Education as a Humanitarian Response at the University of Oxford, UK. He is the editor of two series: Education Around the World and Education as a Humanitarian Response, both published by Bloomsbury.