'What are we teaching?' - Richard Bustin
The first of a series of books that would be useful to those preparing for the new curriculum. The latest book by geography teacher Richard Bustin was published by Crown House Publishing in October 2024. It is an extension of the work carried out by Richard for his PhD, and a previous book published by Springer Nature. Richard's PhD was based on his involvement in the work of the GeoCapabilities project. I am proud to have been part of phase 2 of this project, which has had three phases to date. My involvement came when the project developed the ideas of curriculum making and connected it with the idea of vignette and the use of artefacts. All of these are referenced in the book. GeoCapabilities began in 2012 with a pilot project led by the American Association of Geographers . This work is summarised in the online journal RIGEO. The first phase was funded by the AAG. Read the article by Lambert, Solem and Tani here. At the GA Conference in 2012, I co-presented a session on th...
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