Arguments in Geography Classes—Investigating Elementary School Students’ Reasoning
摘要
The aim of this chapter is to comprehend geographic reasoning processes by examining and contrasting the written arguments of elementary school students and academics in geography concerning the same socio-spatial topic. The analyses employed argument models and patterns as the primary basis, focusing primarily on the structure/form and geographic elements of the arguments. A graphic tool was used to aid in visualizing and structuring the arguments. Discussions revolved around different habitus that arguments can bring forth: the epistemic practices that academics ponder in their arguments and their effects of geography on teaching and learning in primary education.