Research Article

How do the German and Dutch Curriculum Contexts influence (the Use of) Geography Textbooks?

Volume: 7 Number: 3 December 31, 2017
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How do the German and Dutch Curriculum Contexts influence (the Use of) Geography Textbooks?

Abstract

Bernstein describes a curriculum context as a system context that is regulated by strong and weak framing, which refers to the “degree of control teachers and pupils possess over the selection, organisation, pacing and timing of the knowledge transmitted and received in the pedagogical relationship” (1975, p. 89). In this article, we describe research on how differences in framing influence the design of geography textbooks and lessons in higher secondary schools (ages 16-18). In a comparative case study, we analysed geography textbooks, observed lessons, and interviewed editors and teachers in a country with weak framing (Germany) and a country with strong framing (the Netherlands). The results show that weaker framing goes hand in hand with textbooks focussing on knowledge and offering higher-order tasks. In the country with weaker framing, teachers use more question and answer teaching strategies, students deliver more presentations, and more assignments are used that are aimed at practising higher-order cognitive skills. Interviews carried out with teachers in both countries underline the fact that stronger framing of the curriculum can cause stress and has a strong impact on the teaching practice. This explains the different teaching patterns in both countries, despite similar teaching orientations.

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Details

Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Uwe Krause *
The Netherlands

Tine Béneker
The Netherlands

Jan Van Tartwıjk This is me
The Netherlands

Anke Uhlenwınkel This is me
Austria

Sanneke Bolhuıs This is me
The Netherlands

Publication Date

December 31, 2017

Submission Date

June 16, 2017

Acceptance Date

December 11, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 7 Number: 3

APA
Krause, U., Béneker, T., Van Tartwıjk, J., Uhlenwınkel, A., & Bolhuıs, S. (2017). How do the German and Dutch Curriculum Contexts influence (the Use of) Geography Textbooks? Review of International Geographical Education Online, 7(3), 235-263. https://izlik.org/JA58AH83XH
AMA
1.Krause U, Béneker T, Van Tartwıjk J, Uhlenwınkel A, Bolhuıs S. How do the German and Dutch Curriculum Contexts influence (the Use of) Geography Textbooks? Review of International Geographical Education Online. 2017;7(3):235-263. https://izlik.org/JA58AH83XH
Chicago
Krause, Uwe, Tine Béneker, Jan Van Tartwıjk, Anke Uhlenwınkel, and Sanneke Bolhuıs. 2017. “How Do the German and Dutch Curriculum Contexts Influence (the Use Of) Geography Textbooks?”. Review of International Geographical Education Online 7 (3): 235-63. https://izlik.org/JA58AH83XH.
EndNote
Krause U, Béneker T, Van Tartwıjk J, Uhlenwınkel A, Bolhuıs S (December 1, 2017) How do the German and Dutch Curriculum Contexts influence (the Use of) Geography Textbooks? Review of International Geographical Education Online 7 3 235–263.
IEEE
[1]U. Krause, T. Béneker, J. Van Tartwıjk, A. Uhlenwınkel, and S. Bolhuıs, “How do the German and Dutch Curriculum Contexts influence (the Use of) Geography Textbooks?”, Review of International Geographical Education Online, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 235–263, Dec. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA58AH83XH
ISNAD
Krause, Uwe - Béneker, Tine - Van Tartwıjk, Jan - Uhlenwınkel, Anke - Bolhuıs, Sanneke. “How Do the German and Dutch Curriculum Contexts Influence (the Use Of) Geography Textbooks?”. Review of International Geographical Education Online 7/3 (December 1, 2017): 235-263. https://izlik.org/JA58AH83XH.
JAMA
1.Krause U, Béneker T, Van Tartwıjk J, Uhlenwınkel A, Bolhuıs S. How do the German and Dutch Curriculum Contexts influence (the Use of) Geography Textbooks? Review of International Geographical Education Online. 2017;7:235–263.
MLA
Krause, Uwe, et al. “How Do the German and Dutch Curriculum Contexts Influence (the Use Of) Geography Textbooks?”. Review of International Geographical Education Online, vol. 7, no. 3, Dec. 2017, pp. 235-63, https://izlik.org/JA58AH83XH.
Vancouver
1.Uwe Krause, Tine Béneker, Jan Van Tartwıjk, Anke Uhlenwınkel, Sanneke Bolhuıs. How do the German and Dutch Curriculum Contexts influence (the Use of) Geography Textbooks? Review of International Geographical Education Online [Internet]. 2017 Dec. 1;7(3):235-63. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA58AH83XH