Viral constructions of space and content knowledge: what teachers need to know

  • Digital spatial processes have been widely explored and investigated in subject-specific geographic research. So far, however, this research has not been sufficiently reflected in classrooms or teacher education, and remains unconnected to notions of geographical digital literacy. Viral constructions of space – realities shaped in everyday life that are experienced and (re-)produced by students and teachers alike through social media – present an opportunity for Geography education to adapt to the digital society. This paper attempts to connect viral constructions of space, the digital society and the knowledge teachers need to include viral constructions of space in the classroom using Mishra and Koehler’s (2006) TPACK model, a well-established means for summarizing teachers’ technological, pedagogical and content knowledge for a specific topic. The paper focuses on content knowledge, identifies five sub-types of viral constructions of space, and extracts nine descriptors of teachers’ content knowledge. By focusing on content knowledge, the paper presents a starting point for future investigations of pedagogical and technological teacher knowledge as well as their intersections. It also raises awareness of viral constructions of space as both a new essential topic in the Geography classroom and a phenomenon already shaping learning environments for spatial acquisition.

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Author:Isabelle MuschaweckORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-860403
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1553/giscience2020_02_s68
ISBN:978-3-7001-8858-2
ISSN:2308-1708
Parent Title (German):GI_Forum
Publisher:ÖAW, Verl. der Österr. Akad. der Wiss.
Place of publication:Wien
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2020
Year of first Publication:2020
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2024/07/01
Tag:TPACK; digital space; teacher education; viral constructions of space
Volume:8
Issue:2
Page Number:11
First Page:68
Last Page:78
HeBIS-PPN:521124220
Institutes:Geowissenschaften / Geographie
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 37 Bildung und Erziehung / 370 Bildung und Erziehung
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International