At Issue: What Is Geography's Contribution to General Education?.

Harper, Robert A.

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ERIC Number: EJ460333

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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At Issue: What Is Geography's Contribution to General Education?

Harper, Robert A.

Journal of Geography, v91 n3 p124-25 May-Jun 1992

Suggests that teachers must discover how geography can provide students with an understanding of the contemporary world in which they live. Describes the basic task of geography in general education as providing the basic understandings of human use of the earth. (DK)

Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Geographic Concepts, Geography, Geography Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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