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Reflecting on What Makes Geographical Thinking Powerful

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The Power of Geographical Thinking

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Thinking geographically is a uniquely powerful way of seeing the world. While it does not provide a blueprint … thinking geographically does provide a language – a set of concepts and ideas – that can help us see the connections between places and scales that others frequently miss. That is why we should focus on geography’s grammar as well as on its endless vocabulary. That is the power of thinking geographically (p9).

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  1. UCL, Institute of Education, London, UK

    Clare Brooks & Mary Fargher

  2. Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

    Graham Butt

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  1. UCL Institute of Education , London, United Kingdom

    Clare Brooks

  2. School of Education, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Graham Butt

  3. UCL Institute of Education , London, United Kingdom

    Mary Fargher

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Brooks, C., Butt, G., Fargher, M. (2017). Reflecting on What Makes Geographical Thinking Powerful. In: Brooks, C., Butt, G., Fargher, M. (eds) The Power of Geographical Thinking. International Perspectives on Geographical Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49986-4_16

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