Front cover -- Half title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- PART 1 CONCEPTS, CONTEXTS AND HISTORIES -- 1 A modern school geography -- Introduction -- Modernity -- A world to win: geography education 1945-64 -- 1964-80 geography as a modern subject -- The geography of the 1980s -- Geography teaching in 'new times': 1989-2009 -- Conclusion -- 2 The place of geography in schools today -- Shift happens -- The rise of the digital economy -- Education and the knowledge economy -- Current policy agendas -- Clearing up after the economy -- Widening the debate -- Deconstructing the knowledge economy -- Deconstructing the community -- Conclusion -- 3 What does it mean to be a teacher of geography? -- Introduction -- Schoolteachers as engaged professionals -- The importance of the big picture -- And back to geography -- Geography as a curriculum resource -- Curriculum-making -- Conclusion -- 4 A 'capability' perspective on geography in schools -- Introduction -- Aims and purposes, knowledge and understanding -- Capability -- In conclusion: towards geo-capability? -- PART 2 RECONSTRUCTING CONCEPTS -- 5 Space -- Introduction -- The science of space -- The limits of spatial science -- 1989: The reassertion of space in geographical education? -- Post-structural spaces -- Case study: rural spaces -- Conclusion: space matters? -- 6 Place -- Introduction -- Fear of a placeless planet -- Whose place? -- Do places matter? -- Conclusion -- 7 Scale -- Introduction -- The idea of scale in geography -- Extending the idea of scale -- What we learn from the politics of scale -- The question of 'universal scale' and 'virtual worlds' -- Conclusion -- 8 Interdependence and development -- Introduction -- Interdependence and the 'global dimension' -- Global citizenship -- Development and developmentalism -- Conclusion.

9 Cultural understanding and diversity: promoting community cohesion? -- Introduction -- Cultural understanding and diversity in the National Curriculum -- Towards community cohesion -- From no problem here to we're all white, thanks -- Geographies of difference -- Who dies of what, where and why? -- Conclusion -- 10 Environment, sustainability and futures -- Introduction: ethical and political perspectives -- Sustainable development: a short reprise -- Environment, environmentalism and the culture of argument -- Futures -- Conclusion -- PART 3 CURRICULUM CHALLENGES -- 11 Geography, media and education -- A world in crisis? -- The importance of television -- Teaching the media -- Children making meaning -- The rise of 'new media' -- Conclusion -- 12 A mind for the future -- Back to the front -- Facing the future -- Making geography work for the future -- What kind of geographer are you? -- Conclusion -- A different view -- References -- Index -- Back cover.