Geography  Matters

„ Looked at objectively, i tis surely perverse for a geografy teacher not to be able to stimulate
students, given that the essence of the subjekt matter i sof such variety, dynamic chase and
interest (from Walford, R. 1998) Geography: the way ahead´, Teaching geografy.


„ Like most subjects, geografy is difficilt to teach well if you are not sure about chat is offers
and where it can take you (from Lambert,D. 2005) An Axis to grind: What is Word teaching and why?,
Times Educational Supplement, 4 March.


„ Geography is a dynamic subjekt; it responds to and seeks to describe and explain the Word as it
ganges. Geography teachers are charged with the task describing and explaning aspects of this
changing Word to young people Theky teach; being clear about the teoretici basis on which Theky
base thein teaching is the least we should expect (John Morgan, 2004, unpublished draft
manuskript).


„Placet hen is an importatnt koncept for geography. It overlaps with and sometimes substitutes for
other key terms such as region, area and landscape but still aids a dimension of its own. Place can
be studied in its own right as an identifiable segment of the Earth´s surface with particular set
of identifying features. It can also be seen as a minor of society, reflecting both the history and
distributions of power of the kontext in witch it has emerged. Place for geographers is part of the
Earth´s surface with a spatial identity and boundaries that separate it from other places. Some
places are very crearly defined in these terms; others are more opaque (from Matthews,J. and
Herbert,D. 2004, Unifing Geography, Abingdon: Routlege, p. 168).