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Welcome to the Teacher Education (GTIP) Area

This part of the GA website is designed to support geography teacher educators. It provides a wealth of ideas, resources, reading lists and weblinks. Some parts of GTIP, particularly the Think Pieces and the Library, may be of interest to a wider audience of mentors, teachers and PGCE students and to geography teacher educators in other countries.

New GeogEd paper now online

Mel Norman's paper on using flipcams and iPhones with PCGE students is now available to download free.

School placements for researchers

Researchers in Residence, a nationwide school placement scheme, is looking to recruit early-stage researchers and help develop their public engagement and other transferable skills. The scheme places PhD and post doctoral researchers in host secondary schools to run innovative projects or demonstrations to enrich the learning experiences of 11-19 year olds. Find out more at www.researchersinresidence.ac.uk.

GTE Conference 2010 - Materials Online

PowerPoint Presentations from the 2010 GTE Conference, which took place in Cambridge from 29-31 January, are now available to download.

Geography Education Research Collective

GEReCo is a group of teacher educators dedicated to the promotion of geography education through research and publication. Find out more about the group members, their aims and recent activities.

MA APSE

The Sheffield University MA in Applied Professional Studies in Education is an exciting new programme which is run in partnership with nine subject associations (including the GA) and local authorities. It is supported by the Training and Development Agency for Schools as part of its Postgraduate Professional Development (PPD) programme.

All students on the APSE course are entitled to free GA membership.

GTE Video Player

Watch selected Teachers TV programmes on the GA website.

Theory Into Practice

Free samples from this GA publication series.

Teach Geography

Our guide to becoming a geography teacher.

Think Pieces

These articles are intended to inform, to encourage reflection on a range of themes, and to provide practical support for tutors planning PGCE sessions.

What does GTIP mean?

Geography Trainer Induction Programme! Find out more about the background to the name, and the project.

Library

Free articles and book extracts, journal article listings and reports.

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CPD Higher Education NQT Teacher Education

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Primary Geographer

This issue focuses on refreshing the primary curriculum, offering advice on planning for integrated learning and using the concept of place as a focus. It also includes examples of how three schools have successfully combined art with geography.

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Teaching Geography

The Summer issue, which focuses on young people’s geographies, discusses how we can use students’ personal experiences to help make a geography curriculum which is meaningful and relevant to their everyday lives.

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Geography

This issue features a series of articles that attempt to demonstrate the value of a geographical perspective in facing up to the current global food crisis. Article topics include the EU sugar reform and its effects on Caribbean producers, aquaculture in Thailand, and the obesity 'epidemic'. The issue also features a Spotlight On article on the URBAN EARTH project.

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