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Geography Education and Global Understanding: Exploring Some Ideas and Trends in a Fast-Changing World

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Geography Education for Global Understanding

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In times in which not only technological changes but also bewildering political changes create an insecure society in many parts of the world, it is important to contribute to an increase of Global Understanding. 2016 was the International Year of Global Understanding, a project that will go on in the coming years. For us, still a basic and important question is what we consider as Global Understanding and how geography education can help to promote it. Central in this contribution are the outcomes of a survey about Global Understanding and geography education among geography educators from all over the world. These geography educators show us that Global Understanding is an interesting but not well-defined concept. They also help us to formulate priorities for geography education and Global Understanding.

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  1. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Joop van der Schee

  2. Utrecht University, Utrech, The Netherlands

    Tine Béneker

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  1. IGU-Commission on Geographical Education, Büyükçekmece, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ali Demirci

  2. Faculty of Education, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

    Rafael de Miguel González

  3. Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

    Sarah Witham Bednarz

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van der Schee, J., Béneker, T. (2018). Geography Education and Global Understanding: Exploring Some Ideas and Trends in a Fast-Changing World. In: Demirci, A., Miguel González, R., Bednarz, S. (eds) Geography Education for Global Understanding. International Perspectives on Geographical Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77216-5_6

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