Fundamental Principles of Teaching Geography to Young Children

'Identify and evaluate characteristics of good practice in geography'
Geography has many meanings, the most widely accepted and known being derived from ancient Greek, interpreted as 'description of the world'. This is exactly what teachers are required to teach children - about our world, our own impacts unto the world, formations of nature, the different cultures and species within our world, how to look at and make use of maps and other geographical images. All being of the world.
The National Curriculum requires teachers help children understand all aspects of geography. …