Study Tours
Each year the GA's International Working Group organises an overseas Study Tour - browse the photo gallery above for a flavour of past trips. The tours aim to introduce geographical educators to key aspects of the contemporary geography of the destination country. Teaching resources are produced following each tour and photographs and diaries are published on this website.
Poland Study Tour 2010
28 July - 10 August 2010
The GA International Working Group will be leading a north to south journey through Poland from the Baltic to the Tatra Mountains, investigating the impact of EU membership on environment, economy and society.
The programme includes visits to Gdańsk, Toruń, Warsaw, Kraków, Oświęcim and the Tatra Mountains, providing a range of urban and rural environments full of contrasts.
This year two bursaries are available for early career teachers.
Further information, including a full itinerary and booking form, is available on the Poland 2010 page.
Tanzania Study Tour 2011
Dates TBC
What better location to study aspects of tourism than in the Serengeti with Kilimanjaro in the distance? Visits to both, but not to the top of the latter, are planned as part of the 2011 Study tour to Tanzania.
The tour will be led by Lizzie Wilshaw who has a school link with Makaluma High School in Tanzania. In 2009 Lizzie taught in the school for six weeks.
Provisional plans include flying in to Dar Es Salaam, then relaxing in Zanzibar before travelling on to visit Chumbe Island, Arusha and Kilimanjaro. After a visit to Makaluma High School a celebration meal will be held. Visits to a coffee farm, a coffee union and an aid project will round off the trip.
Expressions of interest should be sent to lizzie.wilshaw@talk21.com
Past Study Tours
Sadly the 2009 trip to India had to be cancelled, but you can view photographs and diaries from every study tour between 2000 and 2007 using the menu on the left. You can also find out about the most recent Study Tour to Mexico which took place in 2008.
