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News - Geography and Geographical Education
The latest news on developments in geography, geographical education and related areas. Past news pages can be accessed via the table below. If you would like your news item featured on this page please contact Anne Greaves.
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The new look Growing Schools website has been designed to support teachers in using the 'outdoor classroom' as a resource across the curriculum for pupils of all ages. There is a new searchable database of places to visit. Teachers will be able to quickly search the database by postcode to gain details about places in their locality that offer real hands-on learning experiences. The website also contains numerous teaching resources, as well as help and advice for schools wanting to make more use of outdoor learning.
Visit the Growing Schools website
(28.11.08)
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Earth from Above is a new series showing on Teachers TV. Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand takes a breathtaking journey as he views the earth from above and discusses the effects of mankind on nature. This series sees him visit the African Savannah, Antarctica, Tasmania and many more places in a bid to confront and explore the major issues currently at stake for the Earth. The films make a great resource for both primary and secondary geography.
Go to Earth from Above Part One
(27.11.08)
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2008 is the 20th anniversary of the historic Adivasi Land Rights March that proved crucial in securing the land of the people of Chembakolli. ActionAid has produced an online resourse in which you can create a character to take part in an online march and find out lots about Adivasi life in the process. Visit 20 Years of Chambakolli to join the march. The GA has produced a map about Chembakolli in collaboration with ActionAid that can be used to support work on Unit 10: A village in India in the QCA Scheme of Work, and can be purchased in our online shop.
(25.11.08)
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A new website for the British Education Index (BEI) was launched this month. The British Education Index is an information resource dedicated to supporting the professional study of all aspects of education and training and currently contains references to over 170,000 items, including journal articles and internet resources. Although use of the full BEI database remains contingent on subscription, visitors to the new website have free access to over 9000 BEI records. Visit the new website.
(19.11.08)
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Last year we published three poems by GA member Mark Cowan on this website, all available to download from the Secondary page. Following a very positive response, a book of geographical poems has now been published by EPrint Publishing. Poems for the Geography Classroom is a collection of fifty poems which help to bring a diverse range of topics to life, stimulate debate and discussion, and enable students and teachers to be creative in lessons. The poems are complemented by a range of practical ideas and suggestions of how they can be used imaginatively in the classroom.
EPrint Publishing are offering a 15% discount for GA members on the normal price of £9.99, making the total price £8.49. To claim your discount, contact Michelle Hepper on 01254 882080 citing the GA website and your membership number.
(10.11.08)
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The URBAN EARTH project aims to (re)present our urban habitat through a series of walks and show what cities are really like for the people who live there. Starting and ending in fields, the rules of URBAN EARTH are to start and end in green countryside. Made up of thousands of photographs the URBAN EARTH films will present a rare insight into our increasingly urban lives and will be launched in the next few weeks.
The next walk will be in Bristol on Saturday 15 November 2008. There is also a walk planned in Manchester on the final day of the GA Annual Conference 2009. See the Conference page for more details.
To follow the adventure visit the URBAN EARTH website or blog. If you want to collaborate with URBAN EARTH by doing a walk join the Ning.
(05.11.08)
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AGI Northern Group is a new group within the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) which has recently formed with the primary aim of connecting all people in the north of England with a GIS or geospatial interest. The group will encourage networking throughout the northern GIS community and the cross-fertilization of ideas, experience, and best practice for the application of GIS and geospatial information to business challenges, customer service, and knowledge.
Further information is available on the AGI website.
(04.11.08)
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We were delighted to pick up two awards at the SAGT Annual Conference which took place in Edinburgh on Saturday 25 October. We were presented with a Highly Commended award for Caring for our world: A practical guide to ESD for ages 4-8 by Fran Martin and Paula Owens, and were the Winner of the book award for the KS3 Geography Teachers' Toolkit series, edited by Alan Kinder and John Widdowson.
The photograph shows SAGT President Malcom McDonald with GA President Margaret Roberts.
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