Overview

Teachers wanting to engage students in geographical thinking through critical inquiry will find Teaching Geographical Thinking—Revised and expanded edition a very welcome resource. It provides a solid framework of concepts, examples and questions that clearly develop what critical inquiry means in geographical problem-solving.

This valuable resource is organized around:

• geographical importance
• evidence and interpretation
• patterns and trends
• interactions and association
• sense of place
• geographical value judgments

Each concept is discussed and illustrated with examples, questions and criteria to guide the interrogation and assessment of geographic
problems. Most of the examples draw upon current and pressing geographic problems in Canada. The examples are followed by concise discussions of the portal concept’s key dimensions, and suggestions for practical teaching applications across the curriculum.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Foreword
Acknowledgements

Background
1 Introduction to geographical thinking
2 Critical thinking and geographical thinking
3 Alternative frameworks for studying geography

Portal concepts
4 Spatial significance
5 Patterns and trends
6 Interrelationships
7 Geographical perspective
8 Evidence and interpretation
9 Ethical judgment

Support materials
A Internet resources
B Student activity sheets

Credits

New in This Edition

• refined labels for the concepts
• reorganized text that is more user-friendly
• a new chapter, “Critical thinking and geographical thinking”
• expanded teaching activities that incorporate Internet resources and online mapping
• in-depth activities and support for map interpretation and appraisal
• an index listing all the critical challenges suggested in this publication