International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education
Editors: A/Prof John Lidstone, Queensland University of Technology and Prof Joseph P. Stoltman, Western Michigan University
Book Review Editor: Dr Sarah Witham Bednarz, Texas A & M University
Editorial Assistant: Donna Bennett, Australia
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Volume: 8 Number: 2 Page: 175–180
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Contemporary Chinese Concepts of Fieldwork in Geographical Education
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Hongshia Zhang
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Fieldwork is largely absent from the mainstream geography curriculum in most Chinese secondary schools as a result of the time demands of the curriculum and the inexperience in fieldwork of most teachers.
Some developments have occurred in the 'second class' or 'activity class' which provides opportunities for undertaking much more practical aspects of geography. This paper examines the nature of the 'second
class' in the Chinese geography curriculum and presents examples of the approaches and investigations that are being promoted. Despite this development, though,it seems unlikely that fieldwork will assume
a key position in geography in China.
© Channel View Publications 1998
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