Annual Conference Programme
University of Manchester - 12-14 April 2012
Every year the GA Annual Conference features more than a hundred sessions including hands-on workshops, academic lectures, interactive field visits, informal 'teacher-to-teacher' sessions and lively debates.
The main programme takes place on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 April with the free Public Lecture, 'Association at Work' events and Awards Ceremonies taking place on Thursday 12.
Conference Programme
Details of all Annual Conference sessions are available to download below. A printed programme was sent with GA Magazine in January and you can pick up a full progamme complete with room numbers from the Welcome & Information Desk during the event.
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Reporting Research
Detailed information about all 'Reporting Research' sessions is available below. These short sessions report on recent research into geographical education including action research into a teacher's own practice, ethnographic classroom research and research into particular aspects of curriculum or assessment.
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New for 2012 - Subject Updates
As part of the GA's mission to nurture teacher's relationship with their subject discipline, the Annual Conference gives you opportunities to hear leading geographers talk about their work. These sessions, labelled 'Subject Updates', will be relevant to all teachers of geography. Look out for them throughout the programme.
Fieldwork question time
Do I need to do risk assessments now for fieldwork? Who do we ask for advice on visits now we are an academy? Is there any funding available? Come along to Fieldwork Question Time on Saturday at 14.00 to put your questions to members of the GA Fieldwork and Outdoor Learning Special Interest Group. Ask questions in advance of the session on Twitter using the hashtag #fieldworkQT or send them by email to Nick Lapthorn.
Session Descriptions
Teacher-to-Teacher
These are innovative, 20-minute sessions offering you a unique opportunity for professional conversation about what you do best. Places will be limited and available on a first come, first served basis.
Workshops
A workshop is a 50-minute session that must be booked in advance (this is to ensure that we avoid crammed rooms and unsatisfactory learning experiences). The workshops include interactions and discussion between participants and the facilitator, practical activities with a resource or stimulus, and a clear sense of purpose and outcomes enabling participants to leave with practical materials for classroom use.
Reporting Research
These sessions focus and report on recent research into geographical education. There will be papers on different types of research, for example action research into teachers' own practice, ethnographic classroom research or research into particular aspects of curriculum or assessment.
Lectures
A lecture will normally include a 40-minute presentation, and ten minutes for questions. The lectures are all clearly defined by phase and title.
Lecture Plus
These are 25-minute lectures, presented by leading geographers, followed by discussions on classroom implications, applications and possibilities.
Forum
The Forum will look at current, and possibly controversial issues. Invited panelists will be asked to talk for no more than ten minutes on the theme from their point of view and a strong Chair will ensure times are kept to! Discussion will be opened to the floor giving the audience a chance to make short, sharp points or ask questions of the panel. At the end of the discussion period each panelist will be asked to make a one-minute 'round up' comment.
Key for GA Committees and Working Groups
EYPPC - Early Years & Primary Phase Committee
SPC - Secondary Phase Committee
P16HEPC - Post-16 & HE Phase Committee
AESIG - Assessment & Examinations Special Interest Group
ESDSIG - Education for Sustainable Development Special Interest Group
ICTSIG - ICT Special Interest Group
ISSIG - Independent Schools Special Interest Group
ISIG - International Special Interest Group
FOLSIG - Fieldwork and Outdoor Learning Special Interest Group
PGSIG - Physical Geography Special Interest Group
TESIG - Teacher Education Special Interest Group
Official 2012 Conference Sponsors
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2 Comments
ying zhang
Guest
02:19 - 30/11/11
To whom wil concern,
how to attend the conference?
thank you
yours
Lucy Oxley
GA Staff
09:07 - 30/11/11
Dear Ying Zhang
You can register to attend Conference at the booking link on the right at the top of this page.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to me email me (loxley@geography.org.uk).
Kind regards
Lucy Oxley
Events Manager
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