Young people’s world-mindedness and the global dimension in their geography education: a comparative study of upper secondary school students’ ideas in Finland, Germany and the Netherlands

Geography is one of the most important school subjects for the development of global awareness and international understanding. Curricular concepts and pedagogical strategies for developing global awareness through geography abound. What is largely unknown, however, is howyoung peoplemake sense of theworld inwhich they are growing up and if this has any relationship with their geography education. In this cross-national research project, we compare students’ worldviews and ideas about the global dimension in their geography education in Finland, Germany and the Netherlands. To analyze the stud... Mehr ...