Effects of the use of thinking through geography strategies

International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 124-133

  van der Schee, Joop ^a   Leat, David ^a   Vankan, Leon ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Debriefing; Geography teaching; Motivation; Pedagogical content knowledge; Thinking skills

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT;

BENELUX; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846990148     PISSN: 10382046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/irgee190.0     Document Type: Article

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