What was the teaching of geography like when you were at school?

Question

What kind of things did you learn aobut?

What made it good/bad?

Do you think other countries could teach it better?

Better still, do you have any friend's experiences of geography?

Just asking because my family's geography's terrible (Although my maternal granfather went to sea a lot!!) and I saw a question from somebody else on Yahoo asking where a country is.

I'm from the UK and think that geography tends to be badly taught. It also seems to be more aobut the evironment than where other countries actually are tand their cultures.

We don't even learn where all the palces in the UK are, for crying out loud!! Well, didn't.

Only got taught geography up till 14 (Not even a GCSE option), and I don't know if they had geography lessons at primary school. Bear in mind that I went to special needs education till the age of 16.

Answer 1

It's been a while, but as I recall, it was:
--look at map
--memorize names and locations
--spit it back on a test
--move on to something else

Answer 2

Actually, me, receiving a badge here in Geography is really overwhelming...haha

I'm no geographer nor studying geography in school...it's just that I love to look at maps, memorize things, destinations, etc. Anything related to places, like coins and stamps.

Well, on my self study, I learn alot about the world, countries' locations, capitals, knowledge on maps, etc.

I think it's a very good subject that everyone must learn from it. It's about the world, where you are stepping into! lol...Well, I think it does depend on education standards of the country, it's on the standard of the school and the instructor/teacher that feeds the lessons and information.

Without mentioning, geography is NOT part of the curriculum here in grade school nor in high school. Universities and colleges offer it as a course in college, like University of the Philippines. Our concentration here is nursing. Some kind of a brain drain system. Most Filipinos migrate after passing the licensure exams.

Answer 3

in the event that they do, the toddlers sleep by using it. won't manage to help remembering slightly on the Chaser's conflict on each thing - they confident a gaggle of Yanks that 1000's of vacationer factors of interest (alongside with the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower and... Mount Rushmore) have been in Australia. That suggested, Australians do take it sluggish to locate the dumbest individuals to hold up as examples. The sensible ones are not as humorous.

Answer 4

when I was in grade school they still thought the world was flat....