Mutual misunderstanding and avoidance, misrepresentations and disciplinary politics: Spatial science and quantitative analysis in (United Kingdom) geographical curricula

Dialogues in Human Geography

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-25

  Johnston, Ron ^a   Harris, Richard ^a   Jones, Kelvyn ^a   Manley, David ^a   Sabel, Clive E ^a   Wang, Wenfei Winnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

curricula; quantitative methods; research; spatial science

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL CHANGE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84975097339     PISSN: 20438206     EISSN: 20438214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2043820614525706     Document Type: Article

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