Rivista J-Reading n. 2-2014

Book excerpt: Gino De Vecchis The fight for geography in the italian schools (2010-2014): an updating Cristiano Pesaresi, Mara Lombardi GIS4RISKS project. Synergic use of GIS applications for analysing volcanic and seismic risks in the pre and post event Roberto Scandone, Lisetta Giacomelli Vesuvius, Pompei, Herculaneum: a lesson in natural history Matteo Puttilli Towards a multimedia approach in geographical research and education. Reflections from the web-research “Al centro di Tunisi – Au centre de Tunis” Simone Betti, Alessandro Ceccarelli Is family farming educational? The Australian experience THE LANGUAGE OF IMAGES (Edited by Elisa Bignante and Marco Maggioli) Rickie Sanders, Bogdan Jankowski Exploring Urban Geography in Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities MAPPING SOCIETIES (Edited by Edoardo Boria) Russell Foster “Now we need to make Italians”. Semiotics and Semantics in Teaching Cartography GEOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND (PRACTICAL) CONSIDERATIONS Maria Paradiso Between Krakow 2014 and Moscow 2015 TEACHINGS FROM THE PAST Halford Mackinder Geography as a Pivotal Subject in Education with comments by Davide Papotti Re-reading Geography as a Pivotal Subject in Education by H. Mackinder