Reflecting on the powers, possibilities and constraints of geography curricula in England, Finland and Sweden.

Autor/inn/en	Hammond, Lauren; Healy, Grace; Bladh, Gabriel; Tani, Sirpa
Titel	Reflecting on the powers, possibilities and constraints of geography curricula in England, Finland and Sweden.
Quelle	In: Journal of curriculum studies, 57 (2025) 4, S. 382-401Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0272; 1366-5839
DOI	10.1080/00220272.2024.2420366
Schlagwörter	Wissen; Schule; Sekundarstufe I; Curriculum; Kontextualisierung; Geografie; Geografieunterricht; England; Finnland; Schweden
Abstract	National curriculum statements found within the Official Recontextualising Field (ORF) provide an insight into how geography as a school subject is conceptualized in a country's education system. National curricula can shape teachers' agency in curriculum making and what, how and where children and young people study and learn geography. This paper engages with the lower secondary national geography curriculum for England, Finland and Sweden. We examine the structure and nature of the national geography curricula in each country, before drawing on the threefold arrangement of geographical knowledge as a tool for the analysis of the curricula. Our analysis found that deep and descriptive world knowledge forms the largest proportion of all three national curricula documents, and we argue that this can lead to a potentially limited conceptualization of geographical knowledge and representation of geography. We also suggest that the threefold arrangement could more actively engage with political dimensions when considering futures, and that there should be greater attention paid to the histories and geographies of the discipline (geography) in school geography.
Erfasst von	IPN - Leibniz-Institut für die Pädagogik der Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik an der Universität Kiel
Update	2025/4