GTE Conference was held online this year. I attended the full event, as Friday is my day for personal development, GA work and personal interest. It was due to be at the University of Worcester, a place I have visited quite a few times in the past, including when it was just Worcester College.
GTE stands for Geography Teacher Educators' conference, and when I first visited it was very much attended by university PGCE tutors, with few teachers attending. The delegate list has broadened in the last few years due to the opportunity to end remotely.
There are always plenty of fascinating presentations. Those from previous events can also be downloaded from the GA website.
I was also very happy to have kicked off the conference with the first presentation which was based on my research on GA Presidents past, and in particular the ones that were teacher educators.
A few highlights from the many for me of Friday the 28th of January's slightly shorter set of presentations:
- being asked to start off the event, and some nice feedback on my session
- a chat with Kit in the wonder room which became the latest Coffee and Geography podcast
- Lizzie Rushton and Emma Rawlings-Smith sharing their research on geography teacher identities
- Leigh Flaxman and David Mitchell exploring cross-curricular working
- Love Ssega's keynote (see separate blogpost on this)
- Dan Whittall and Christine Winter (the GA's new Research Leads) on the ways that teachers can be connected with research
Congratulations to all those who were involved in organising the event. Elena Lengthorn hosted the day on behalf of the organising committee of Anthony Barlow, Jo Baynham, Alison Brown, Lisa Clarke, Verity Jones, Susan Pike, Kit Rackley, Emma Rawlings Smith, Lizzie Rushton, Shelagh Waddington, Nicola Warren-Lee, Andy Watkins, Sarah Whitehouse, Sophie Wilson and Chris Winter.
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