Geographical Education Research in Teacher Education: Sharing of Four Cases in the Asia Pacific Region

Abstract

The world had undergone a lot of changes when it approached the closing decade of the 20th century and prepared itself to launch into the new millennium. While one may say the international leading countries are still playing the pivotal role in many of the international affairs, the Asia Pacific Region has taken the centre stage of attention in terms of its socio-economic-political development. The sudden realisation that the region has become a vast market for economic investment, the intention to open itself up to link better and closer with other leading countries has made the region a potential to all kinds of development. Among all these developments, they also point to the crystal clear critical realisation that education has a profound role to play to lead cities and countries of this region to prepare themselves with appropriate wisdom to lead a better way of living and establish a distinctive cultural image in the international scene.