Abstract:

This article makes a description of geography didactics, its outcomes, trends and challenges in our society and contemporary territories. Our aim is to make a contribution to education, teachers and all those who are interested in this area by providing some relevant elements for the renewal process of teaching geography at school. With this intention, the article presents work and progress in research on teaching geography; work that is reflected in: meetings of researchers, book production, systematization of educational experiences, higher education programs, development of meetings and events. Activities that one way or another contributes to the reflection of geographical education, but especially to think of other possibilities to understand the geographical space and therefore their education at different school levels. The intention is to build an academic community to promote and propose alternatives in geographical education, but also geography of the subjects and citizens in harmony with what Milton Santos said in 1995 for the new generation of geographers, students and citizens.

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