While policy debate is often focused on the whole teaching profession, primary and secondary teachers differ in more ways than one. While all countries require teachers to have at least a bachelor degree to enter the profession in primary or lower secondary education, the structure and content of the programmes vary and are less geared towards…

It is a decade since the last review of the geographical understandings of pre-service primary teachers. Examining the range of research about novice primary teachers' geographical and environmental knowledge and understanding, it is clear there have been limited follow up studies, and there remain important gaps in the research. Research relevant…

This article reports on a comparative empirical study, which was conducted to gain insight into the nature and structure of primary school teachers' education-related beliefs. The sample was drawn from two Mediterranean countries--Israel and Greece. An anonymous Education Beliefs of Teachers Questionnaire (EBTQ) was built particularly for this…