Geographical Contents in Primary School : An Analysis of the English Geography Textbook “Collins Primary Geography”

In this study, we have analyzed the English geography textbook “Collins Primary Geography”, in order to clarify the characteristics of geographical contents in primary school. Results of this study are as follows: age (grade)-appropriate teaching through different process of leaning (awareness, understanding, cognition and value judgement) and physical, human, environmental geography and topography as a content. However, there are no contents across physical and human geography, one of the features of geography, in the textbook.本稿は，2016年度前期開講の地理認識内容学特講（由井担当）の一部をもとに，加筆・修正を加えたものである