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<p>Social sciences combined subjects are currently taught in 13 German federal states at different types of school and in recent years, the scientific discussion commenced about combined courses. There are both terminological inconsistencies and incoherence in the integration of the different disciplinary parts. This article examines the development of Geography as an independent school subject and as part of combined courses. With a qualitative analysis of all curricular reference documents of social sciences combined subjects, the integration structure and the importance of Geography were determined.</p>
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Social sciences combined subjects are currently taught in 13 German federal states at different types of school and in recent years, the scientific discussion commenced about combined courses. There are both terminological inconsistencies and incoherence in the integration of the different disciplinary parts. This article examines the development of Geography as an independent school subject and as part of combined courses. With a qualitative analysis of all curricular reference documents of social sciences combined subjects, the integration structure and the importance of Geography were determined.

Geography teaching as part of combined courses across the social sciences: Analysing 50 years of coexistence in Germany.

M.Ed. (Geography, Biology) University of Koblenz Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences

PD, Dr. University of Koblenz Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences

Research in Subject-matter Teaching and Learning (RISTAL)

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Social sciences combined subjects are currently taught in 13 German federal states at different types of school and in recent years, the scientific discussion...

Geography teaching as part of combined courses across the social sciences: Analysing 50 years of coexistence in Germany.

Publié en ligne: 03 janv. 2023

Pages: 107 - 124

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23770/rt1858

Mots clés
Curriculum, history of Geography, subject groups, subject integration

© 2022 Florian Johann et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Geography teaching as part of combined courses across the social sciences: Analysing 50 years of coexistence in Germany.

Publié en ligne: 03 janv. 2023

Pages: 107 - 124

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23770/rt1858

Mots clésCurriculum, history of Geography, subject groups, subject integration

© 2022 Florian Johann et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Curriculum, history of Geography, subject groups, subject integration