The international challenge of more thinking through geography

International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 330-343

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

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geography teaching; Motivation; Thinking skills

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TEACHING;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7044232079     PISSN: 10382046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10382040308667545     Document Type: Article

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