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GTIP - A Project to Support Teacher Educators
Supported by the Training and Development Agency for Schools

What is GTIP?

This part of the GA website is designed to support geography PGCE tutors. 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.

GTIP

What's New?

  • Thinking about GCSE is a new Think Piece that considers some of the issues surrounding GCSE. An extensive list of other Think Pieces can be found on the Think Piece page. (09.10.08)

  • Booking and Contribution Forms are now available for the 2009 GTE Conference. (29.09.08)

  • Volume 2 Issue 2 of GeogEd is now online. (23.09.08)

  • The Bibliography was updated on 17.07.08 and contains comprehensive listings of selected journal articles published in the last ten years.

  • 'Questioning Education: a discussion paper' is published by the DEA and forms the basis for a new programme of discussion and debate about global learning. You can find out more in the Reports section. (added 09.07.08)

  • A recent review of educational resources on identity, diversity and citizenship has been the added to Reports section.


  • Master of Arts in Applied Professional Studies in Education (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. Find out more about the MA on the University of Sheffield website.


    The aims of the GTIP project are:

    • To provide web-based support for PGCE geography tutors
    • To provide information on current thinking, research and resources relevant to geography education
    • To publicise the Annual Conference of Geography Teacher Educators (GTE)
    • To provide support for tutors new to educational research and publishing
    • To provide an induction programme for new geography tutors
    • To enable the GA to maintain a database of geography teachers educators

    Structure

    The GTIP website has seven sections:

    Background information - GTIP and the people involved
    GeogEd E-Journal - launched in September 2006 to support PGCE tutors in their role as researchers into geographical education (issues in March and October)
    Think Pieces - (written to support tutors in planning their courses and PGCE sessions) provide a summary of current thinking on a range of themes, activities for PGCE sessions, references and weblinks
    Orientation Pieces (written to meet the professional development needs of PGCE tutors)
    The Library - contains articles and reports, a bibliography of articles in academic and professional journals and extracts from Theory into Practice
    Links - provides quick access to a range of websites providing support for teacher educators, e.g. TTRB, and to essential TDA and OFSTED documents
    GTE Conferences - contains presentations from the annual Geography Teachers Educators Conferences since 2005 and provides information about future Conferences



    GTIP is funded by the Training and Development Agency for Schools. The TDA Subject Resource Network also includes links to all of the other subject areas which are producing similar materials. These include: art and design, citizenship, economics, English, history, ICT, mathematics, languages, music, physical education and science.


    (Updated 09.10.08)
     
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