Educating geographers in Spain: geography teaching renewal by implementing the European Higher Education Area

This article discusses the current state of the geography discipline in Spanish Universities after putting into action the European Higher Education Area. After decades of geography teaching, following theoretical and expository discourse models, the so-called Bologna Process has been a great opport...

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Published inJournal of geography in higher education Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 267 - 283
Main Authors de Miguel González, Rafael, de Lázaro y Torres, Maria Luisa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Routledge 02.04.2016
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
curriculum
Educational Cooperation
Employment Potential
Europe
Foreign Countries
Geographic Information Systems
Geography
Geography Instruction
Higher education
International Cooperation
learning methods
skills
Spain
Student Mobility
Teaching Methods
Universities
Spain
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Summary:This article discusses the current state of the geography discipline in Spanish Universities after putting into action the European Higher Education Area. After decades of geography teaching, following theoretical and expository discourse models, the so-called Bologna Process has been a great opportunity to reflect what geography should be taught, how geography should be taught and why geography should be taught. Aspects such as competences, employability, learning methodologies, assessment, Geographical Information Systems domain have been incorporated into the renewal of geography teaching in Spanish higher education, which has contributed to the strengthening of geography in a context of geospatial technologies revolution and public awareness of spatial challenges.
ISSN:0309-8265
1466-1845
DOI:10.1080/03098265.2016.1139556