IN QUESTO NUMERO Joseph P. Stoltman, Geography Education in the United States: Initiatives for the 21st Century Joseph J. Kerski, Understanding Our Changing World through Web-Mapping Based Investigations Margherita Azzari, Paola Zamperlin, Fulvio Landi, GIS in Geography Teaching Giuseppe Borruso, Web 2.0 and Neogeography. Opportunities for teaching geography Stefano Malatesta, Jesus Granados Sanchez, A Geographical issue: the contribution of Citizenship Education to the building of a European citizenship. The case of the VOICEs Comenius network The language of images, Edited by Elisa Bignante and Marco Maggioli Mapping societies, Edited by Edoardo Boria Geographical notes and (practical) considerations Teachings from the past Referred papers for remote sensing, Edited by Alberto Baroni and Maurizio Fea

Gino De Vecchis The fight for geography in the italian schools (2010-2014): an updating Cristiano Pesaresi, Mara Lombardi GIS4RISKS project. Synergic use of GIS applications for analysing volcanic and seismic risks in the pre and post event Roberto Scandone, Lisetta Giacomelli Vesuvius, Pompei, Herculaneum: a lesson in natural history Matteo Puttilli Towards a multimedia approach in geographical research and education. Reflections from the web-research “Al centro di Tunisi – Au centre de Tunis” Simone Betti, Alessandro Ceccarelli Is family farming educational? The Australian experience THE LANGUAGE OF IMAGES (Edited by Elisa Bignante and Marco Maggioli) Rickie Sanders, Bogdan Jankowski Exploring Urban Geography in Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities MAPPING SOCIETIES (Edited by Edoardo Boria) Russell Foster “Now we need to make Italians”. Semiotics and Semantics in Teaching Cartography GEOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND (PRACTICAL) CONSIDERATIONS Maria Paradiso Between Krakow 2014 and Moscow 2015 TEACHINGS FROM THE PAST Halford Mackinder Geography as a Pivotal Subject in Education with comments by Davide Papotti Re-reading Geography as a Pivotal Subject in Education by H. Mackinder

2016 International Charter on Geographical Education Joop van der Schee Sustainability and Geography EducationGuy Mercier Le répertoire sémantique du mot paysageTu Lan, Christian Sellar, Shuang Cheng The transnational investment promotion community between Italy and China: an example of post Washington consensus neoliberalismTimothy Tambassi Rethinking Geo-Ontologies from a Philosophical Point of View Katie Oost, Bregje de Vries, Joop van der Schee Preparing and debriefing geography fieldwork: a scenario for open classroom dialogue around a core curriculumFerrara Graziella, Francisco EbelingBarros Technology clusters: A cross-national analysis of geographical differences THE LANGUAGE OF IMAGES (Edited by Elisa Bignante and Marco Maggioli) Matteo Puttilli, Raffaele Cattedra, M’Hammed Idrissi Janati, Rosi Giua geographies of everyday life. Methodological notes from a project of p hotographic storytelling in Fez MAPPING SOCIETIES (Edited by Edoardo Boria) Sara Luchetta Teaching geography with literary mapping: A didactic experiment GEOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND (PRACTICAL) CONSIDERATIONS Monica De Filpo “Defend this little planet called Earth. Human rights and environmental safeguard”, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel. Rome, 6th June 2016 REFERRED PAPERS FOR REMOTE SENSING (Edited by Alberto Baroni and Maurizio Fea) Maurizio Fea, Gino De Vecchis, Cristiano Pesaresi Remote sensing and interdisciplinary approach for studying Dubai’s urban context and development

In questo numero: Chew-Hung Chang, Muhammad Faisal Aman, The International Charter on Geographical Education – a reflection on published research articles on Assessment Daniela Pasquinelli d’Allegra, Proposals for the development of competences in geography by applying the IGU International Charter Wiktor Osuch, Geography in the reformed educational system in Poland ‒ return to the past or a brand new quality? Enrico Squarcina, Valeria Pecorelli, Ocean citizenship. The time to adopt a useful concept for environmental teaching and citizenship education is now Margherita Cisani, High school commuters. Sustainability education on students’ mobility behaviours and perceptions of their everyday landscape The language of images (Edited by Elisa Bignante and Marco Maggioli) Elisa Bruttomesso, Jordi Vic, Intentional Camera Movement: A Multisensory and Mobile Photographic Technique to Investigate the Urban Tourism Experience Mapping societies (Edited by Edoardo Boria) Matteo Proto, Irredenta on the map: Cesare Battisti and Trentino-Alto Adige cartographies Geographical notes and (practical) considerations Emanuela Gamberoni, Challenges of Geography in Education. Proposals from the EUROGEO Conference (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2-3 March 2017)

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