This paper seeks to develop lesson plans aiming to close the gap between learning experiences in goegraphy classrooms and students` everyday experiences in their communities. In examining this issue, I, firstly, explored the history of geography educa...
This paper seeks to develop lesson plans aiming to close the gap between learning experiences in goegraphy classrooms and students` everyday experiences in their communities. In examining this issue, I, firstly, explored the history of geography education to achieve an understanding of what sorts of ideas have been introduced and elaborated regarding the issue. It was recognized that the concept of private geography was of much educational value in an attempt to integrate students` everyday lives into geography classrooms. With respect to this, I sought to clarify the concept by critically evaluating on its use in the Korean geography education. Secondly, I attempted to identify some underlying causes of the discordant processes whereby everyday life learning is separated or dissimilated from classroom learning. Two lesson plans with actual examples were developed and expected to provide a practical way of re-configuring geography classes to effectively bring students` everyday experiences to schools.