La formulación de buenas preguntas en didáctica de la geografía

Jesús Granados Sánchez

doi:10.5565/rev/dag.495

Good questioning in geography education

Authors

Jesús Granados Sánchez Universitat de Girona https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5227-0737

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Abstract

Knowledge advances through the formulation of new and wise questions. The purpose of this paper is to show the importance of questioning and enquiry in the epistemological and pedagogic advancement of geography education. The aim of the paper is twofold: on the one hand, it reflects upon the nature of geography education and proposes a set of big issues or big geographical questions. On the other hand, it considers that the creation of good questions is of great pedagogical value as it helps students to understand complex issues. In this respect, the paper provides a guide for teachers on how to formulate good geographical questions and how to distinguish different levels of cognitive demand in questioning.

Keywords

teaching geography, big geographical questions, good questions, types of questioning, enquiry

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