TY - JOUR
T1 - Meeting the Challenge of Systemic Change in Geography Education
T2 - Lucy Sprague Mitchell’s Young Geographers
AU - Downs, Roger M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 National Council for Geographic Education.
PY - 2016/1/2
Y1 - 2016/1/2
N2 - The history of K–12 geography education has been characterized by recurrent high hopes and dashed expectations. There have, however, been moments when the trajectory of geography education might have changed to offer students the opportunity to develop a thorough working knowledge of geography. Lucy Sprague Mitchell’s geography program developed in the 1920s and 1930s was brilliant in its conception and execution but it did not lead to large-scale systemic change. Analyzing the origins, development, and outcome of her program suggests the conditions that facilitate and inhibit systemic change, and therefore perhaps we can learn to capitalize on comparable moments in the future.
AB - The history of K–12 geography education has been characterized by recurrent high hopes and dashed expectations. There have, however, been moments when the trajectory of geography education might have changed to offer students the opportunity to develop a thorough working knowledge of geography. Lucy Sprague Mitchell’s geography program developed in the 1920s and 1930s was brilliant in its conception and execution but it did not lead to large-scale systemic change. Analyzing the origins, development, and outcome of her program suggests the conditions that facilitate and inhibit systemic change, and therefore perhaps we can learn to capitalize on comparable moments in the future.
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U2 - 10.1080/00221341.2015.1017516
DO - 10.1080/00221341.2015.1017516
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84957725332
SN - 0022-1341
VL - 115
SP - 3
EP - 11
JO - Journal of Geography
JF - Journal of Geography
IS - 1
ER -