Interview with Margaret Roberts The Geography curriculum and its theoretical foundations

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https://doi.org/10.5418/ra2024.v20i41.18336

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Interview, Margaret Roberts, Anglophone Geography, Democracy, Geography Learning

Abstract

Professors Elena Lengthorn (University of Worcester) and José Gilberto de Souza (Unesp Rio Claro), bring reflections on the dimensions of the curriculum, wrapped in a dialogue with Professor Magaret Roberts, who has a history of debate and reflection in the UK and has collaborated in its construction of geography curricula in several countries. Margaret Roberts, this extraordinary geography teacher educator, known for her kindness, creativity, generosity and insight, is also a former President of the Geographical Association (GA) and received an MBE in the 2021 New Year Honours. A very commendable recognition of her services to education. She has moulded a generation of geography teachers in the UK and beyond, and her publication Learning through enquiry (2003) has had a profound impact, enriching geography classrooms around the world.’ This is a debate that delves into the foundations of the curriculum and, in particular, brings together an extremely serious complaint, also felt in the UK, namely the demand for government control and interference over teaching content and practices. A trajectory of state structures that produce the curtailment of debates that are so dear to us, such as colonialism, the precariousness of work, the issue of gender and the LGBTQIA+ community, the lack of democratisation in debates, the imposition of curricula, the simplification of content, among other aspects, such as privatisation and the appropriation of public education funds, marks of the neoliberal logic that has been imposed on societies.

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Elena Elizabeth Lengthorn, University of Worcester

Elena Lengthorn is the PGCE Geography subject Lead. She has taught both geography and science education across the primary and secondary centres on undergraduate and postgraduate courses. She leads the Education for Sustainable Futures Special Interest Group (ESF SIG) and contributes sustainability sessions to courses across the School of Education.

Jose Gilberto de Souza, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP)

Graduação (Licenciatura e Bacharelado - 1990/1991) e Mestrado em Geografia (1994) pela Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia - Universidade Estadual Paulista - FCT - UNESP - Câmpus de Presidente Prudente, onde foi professor dos cursos de Graduação (1992-1994) e de Pós-Graduação em Geografia (2001-2012). Doutorado em Geografia Humana (1999) pela Faculdade de Filosofia Letras e Ciências Humanas - Universidade de São Paulo (FFLCH-USP). Livre Docência (2008) pela Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias FCAV-UNESP Câmpus de Jaboticabal, onde foi Professor do Departamento de Economia Rural no período de 1995 a 2009 e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zootecnia (2002-2010). Pós-Doutorado na Universidad de Salamanca (2010-2011).

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2024-07-10

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Lengthorn, E. E., & Souza, J. G. de. (2024). Interview with Margaret Roberts The Geography curriculum and its theoretical foundations. Revista Da ANPEGE, 20(41), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.5418/ra2024.v20i41.18336

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Vol. 20 No. 41 (2024): Revista da ANPEGE, Volume 20 Número 41

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