Race, Racism and the Geography Curriculum Morgan John
Race, Racism and the Geography Curriculum Morgan John Changes in the nature of knowledge production, plus rapid social and cultural change, have meant that the 'curriculum question' - what is to be…
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Race, Racism and the Geography Curriculum Morgan John
Changes in the nature of knowledge production, plus rapid social and cultural change, have meant that the 'curriculum question' - what is to be taught, and by extension, 'whose knowledge' - has been hotly contested. This book asks: what is an appropriate curriculum response to the acute, renewed interest in issues of race and racism? The question of what to teach has become more and more controversial.
This book suggests a way out of this impasse. How does a school subject like geography respond?The struggle over the school curriculum has frequently been portrayed as being between educational 'traditionalists' and 'progressives'. Drawing upon and extending insights from 'social realism', it explores what a Future 3 geography curriculum might look like - one that recognizes the importance of the academic discipline as a source of curriculum-making but at the same time avoids