Education
The aim of this page is to create an online space for developing networks between educators and geographical researchers. We hope this part of the site will be of interest both to educators who wish to engage with current research by social and cultural geographers, as well as sharing with researchers a range of creative educational initiatives developing geographical learning in and beyond formal education.
We have collected some links to showcase past and current initiatives. We hope you will enjoy exploring the scope and range of engagements between geographers and geography educators. We are also dependent on your contributions to grow these resources. If you would like to upload any contemporary geographical research, public and education initiatives, please email Jo Norcup.
Topical Links: the place to start for academic debates on current issues
- Geography Directions Topical Geography news from the RGS-IBG Journals and Geography Compass
- Geography in the News Topical case studies, links to academic research and lectures provided by the Royal Geographical Society
- The Geographical Association Access to a range of resources for furthering the study, learning and teaching of geography.
- Unlocking the Archives Free learning resources for schools using the historical resources of the Royal Geographical Society.
Getting Involved: explore diverse collaborations between academic and educators
- Engaging geographies ESRC funded resource with contributions from geographers, raising and changing the public profile of geography.
- Give Geography its Place Campaign group aiming to raise the profile of Geography in the UK media and increase awareness of the importance of Geography.
- Staffordshire Learning Net Award winning resource for teachers of geography
- Geographical Association Forum Outlining opportunities for educator and student involvement
- Geographical Association Network Active networking and exchange between geography educators
- Geography Earth and Environmental Studies Centre The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES).
- Royal Geographical Society Schools providing activities, training, advice, resources, and news with RSS feeds.
E-Journal Links: access to further reading on education and contemporary geographical research
- ACME an on-line international journal for critical and radical analyses of the social, the spatial and the political.
- Geography Compass A journal of peer-reviewed survey articles from across the discipline
- Journal of Geography in Higher Education Journal aiming to promote, enhance and share geography learning and teaching in all institutions of higher education
Background Reading: the histories and geographies of geographical education
- Gill D and Cook I (1983) Contemporary Issues in Geography and Education The journal of the Association for Curriculum Development in Geography (ACDG). All eight journal series are currently being uploaded online. For further details email Jo Norcup at the above email.
- Huckle J (1983) Geographical Education: Reflection and Action. Oxford. Oxford University Press.
- Maddrell A (2009) Complex Locations: Women’s Geographical Work in the UK 1950 – 1970. RGS-IBG Series. Oxford. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Morgan J and Lambert D (2005) Geography: teaching school subjects 11 – 19. Oxon. Routledge.
- Ploszajska, T. (1999) Geographical Education, Empire and Citizenship: Geography Teaching and Learning in English Schools, 1870-1944. London: RGS/IBG Historical Geography Research Series, No.35.
- Walford R (2001) Geography in British Schools, 1850 – 2000: making a world of difference. London. Woburn Press.
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