Adrian Manning
Location: Suffolk, East of England
Position: Head of Geography / GA Consultant
Talk/Workshop topics: KS4+5 Geography (especially physical geography topics); Geographical Information Systems (GIS); Citizenship/PSE; Fair-trade; Outdoor education; Fieldwork; GCSE Geology.
Background: Head of Geography (secondary) & lead teacher of GCSE Geology; Member of Worldwise working group; Chartered Geographer.
Email: j.d.w.m@btinternet.com
Alan Parkinson
Location: Norfolk, East of England
Position: Freelance consultant and author
Talk/Workshop topics: Curriculum development; Living Geography; A Different View; GIS / Google Earth; Landscapes; Flooding, particularly the Yorkshire Floods of 2007; Social Web and ICT in the classroom.
Background: GA Secondary Curriculum Development Leader 2008-11, Former teacher, creator of Geography Pages and blogs such as Living Geography, author of Look At It This Way, one of the GA’s KS3 Teachers’ Toolkits.
Email: a.parkinson@gmail.com
Louise Ellis
Location: Luton, East of England
Position: Head of Geography, Stopsley High School and GA Consultant
Background: Head of Department, GA Consultant, Chartered Geographer
Email: misslellis@hotmail.com
Nicola Walshe
Location: Cambridgeshire, East of England
Position: Geography Teacher and PGCE Tutor (Secondary Geography)
Talk/Workshop topics: Sustainable Development, KS5 Physical Geography
Email: nicola.walshe@gmail.com
Steve Wilson
Location: Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Position: Freelance Geography Consultant (Secondary)
Talk/Workshop topics: KS3-5; Physical Geography; Natural Hazard Studies; Changing Coastlines and their Management; River Basin Management; Climate Change; Weather Studies and Satellite Imagery.
Background: Head of Geography/Humanities and Senior Teacher inc. Staff Training and Student Progress at KS4 at an Essex secondary school (retired Aug 2009). Member of GA Education Committee 1996-2004.
Email: stephen.wilson18@btinternet.com
Jeff Battersby
Location: Plymouth (happy to travel to Yorkshire, East Anglia and South West regions)
Position: Freelance Adviser
Talk/Workshop topics: Worthwhile learning; Assessment fit for purpose; Curriculum planning with international perspective; Initial Teacher Training
Background: Former Dean of School of Education; Head of Secondary ITT and PGCE tutor for Geography; Head of Humanities and Geography; Dearing Review of NC Geography; Curriculum Development with WJEC, QCA. Author of texts on: Preparing to Teach, teaching geography, KS3 and KS4 geography, tackling disaffection.
Contact: jeffb@live.co.uk
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