Powerful Geography

This book traces how the Powerful Geography approach to teaching and learning developed in the United States and how it can be adapted and put into practice in other countries.

Powerful Geography starts from the diversity found in today's classrooms and the wide-ranging interests of modern students, who want to turn dynamic subject matter into useful information and concepts. That is consistent with modern educational theory. For the approach to work in secondary and postsecondary education, teachers and university professors need to present geography as a critical form of training. Students should be able to see how geographic content, skills and technology apply to real-world problems they care about.

The book challenges geography educators at every level to strengthen the applied side of their curriculum so students are ready for jobs and careers. The areas it points to include climate change, migration, environmental protection, natural resources, energy development and use, transport planning, supply chain logistics, global trade, national security and infrastructure.