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Place, Learning Progressions, and Transformative Geographic Education

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Research in Geographic Education

Volume

19

Issue

2

Abstract

Place has been identified as a cornerstone within K-12 geography education. As a core geographic concept, the power of place situates environmental and human phenomena in a manner that enables specialized and distinctive thinking about locations. Place exists prominently within the geography education standards and is one of the five themes of geography. Learning progressions provide an approach to studying how students advance their knowledge about a subject as their intellectual ideas and ability to communicate grow. Transformative research is a game changer; if a transformation occurs, then the situation is different following a change in thinking. This essay addresses the prospect that use of the learning progression approach in education research can transform K-12 educational efforts centered on the concept of place.

Department

Department of Geography

Original Publication Date

1-1-2017

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