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Primary classrooms provide the learnings in Geography that are the foundation for geographical learnings in the secondary classroom. This chapter concerns the nature of student-generated questions in the Geography lessons of primary classrooms in Australia. The typology of student-generated questions provided in this chapter indicates the need for teachers to provide opportunities for students to discuss their ideas in small groups as well as a whole class. These discussions must encourage the students to question their learnings. This chapter provides an insight into the nature of questioning in the primary Geography classroom – giving a voice to the student. A major conclusion is that student-generated questions and natural discourse concerning geographical concepts and ideas should be included in all primary classrooms as the thinking skills enhanced through student-generated questioning is likely to be transferable to other learning areas.
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Kidman, G. (2022). Geographical Question Typologies: Student-Generated Questions. In: Kidman, G., Schmeinck, D. (eds) Teaching Primary Geography. Key Challenges in Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99970-4_6
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