Geographical Association

This year we've prepared a series of PDFs to make it easier for you to browse the GA Annual Conference programme online or in print. Please note: the conference programme is subject to change - any alterations will be published here.

The GA Annual Conference has always been an excellent source of CPD and this year we've introduced a series of 'CPD Pathways' to help you improve your knowledge and skills in specific areas. Following a CPD Pathway can help you on your way to achieving a TLA Stage One or a Geography Quality Mark.

We have identified six CPD Pathway themes, each with its own colour code within the programme. We've also colour coded Field Visits, the PGCE/NQT event, Research Papers and Teacher-to-Teacher sessions.

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.

Research Papers
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.

EYPPC - Early Years & Primary Phase Committee
SPC - Secondary Phase Committee
P16PC - Post-16 Phase Committee
AEWG - Assessment & Examinations Working Group
CWG - Citizenship Working Group
ESDWG - Education for Sustainable Development Working Group
GAIN - Geography Advisors and Inspector Network
ICTWG - ICT Working Group
ISWG - Independent Schools Working Group
IWG - International Working Group
LOtCWG - Learning Outside the Classroom Working Group
PGWG - Physical Geography Working Group
TEWG - Teacher Education Working Group