Informed prescription and informed professionalism in geographical education

With the introduction of the Australian Curriculum: Geography (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA], 2012) a new frontier in geographical education has arrived. It provides an opportunity to reinvigorate as well as expand geographical education in Australia across all year levels of schooling. We argue that having both informed prescription from the curriculum document, and informed professionalism by teachers is critical for quality geographical education. With this backdrop, we explore the guided inquiry approach as the fit-for-purpose pedagogy that enables students and teachers to develop specific geography knowledge and understanding, skills and dispositions.