About the authors vii // Acknowledgements ix // Introduction x // Part 1 Understanding Primary Geography 1 // 1 Geography in primary schools 3 // 2 Valuing geography: the importance and nature of geography 30 // 3 Children’s geographies: experience, awareness and understanding 35 // 4 Understanding geographical enquiry 103 // 5 Exploring places: key ideas in understanding places 126 // 6 Understanding the environment: aspects of physical, human and environmental geography 148 // 7 Exploring sustainability: environmental impact, sustainability and sustainable schools 195 // 8 Geography and social justice: citizenship, equity and controversial issues 219 // 9 Experiencing and visualising geography: fieldwork, photographs, artefacts and maps 247 // Part 2 Exploring Geography Teaching and Curriculum 291 // 10 In the beginning: geographical learning in the early years 293 // 11 Investigating the school and its grounds 316 // 12 Exploring locally, regionally and nationally 339 // 13 Exploring global dimensions and places elsewhere in the world 378 // 14 Planning primary geography teaching 422 // 15 Assessing geographical learning 456 // 16 Developing learning in primary geography education 484 // Appendix 1 Examples of primary geography curriculum requirements and guidance internationally 509 // Appendix 2 Examples of geographically-informed children’s picture story hooks 514 // References 518 // Index 565