INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING, ACTIVE TEACHING AND GEOINFORMATION: INNOVATING GEOGRAPHICAL EDUCATION
<p><strong>ACTIVE TEACHING OF GEOGRAPHY: STATE OF THE ART:</strong></p><p class="p1"> The creation of the Group of Teaching Geography at the Association of Spanish Geographers, organizing National and Iberian Congress of Teaching Geography, and the recovery of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Asociación Española de Geografía
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| Series: | Didáctica Geográfica |
| Online Access: | http://www.didacticageografica.com/didacticageografica/article/view/244 |
| Summary: | <p><strong>ACTIVE TEACHING OF GEOGRAPHY: STATE OF THE ART:</strong></p><p class="p1"> The creation of the Group of Teaching Geography at the Association of Spanish Geographers, organizing National and Iberian Congress of Teaching Geography, and the recovery of <em>Didáctica Geográfica </em>Journal have allowed to disclose a series of works related to the subject of active teaching of Geography. For the President of this Group (Marrón, 1995; Marrón, 2003; Marrón 2005; Marrón, 2007a; Marrón, 2007b; Marrón 2011), unlike passive forms of education in which the student is a mere recipient of content, active teaching it consciously involved in their own learning process a Geography adapted to the challenges of the XXI century: geographical space and social space, space capabilities, education in values, ICT. Thus, the active teaching of geography promotes complete learning (knowing, knowing how, knowing how to be) and encourages multi-causal explanation of events and phenomena. </p><p class="p1"> </p> |
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| ISSN: | 0210-492X 2174-6451 |