The 2nd day of the Geography Teacher Educators' Conference was a long one, with almost 12 hours of sessions, with intermittent breaks and time for meals, fieldwork and networking as well. As before, I shall share a few highlights for those who missed the event - it is worth keeping an eye out for next year's event, which is always at the end of January, and is usually a face to face event of course, and despite the title of the event it is also open to geography teachers.
The first session of the day was a really important one, with the theme of Geography, Race and Education.
- Lauren Hammond explored young people's experiences in London
- Christine Winter explored global development in GCSE Geography and the role of textbooks in constructing a white world
- David Lambert and John Morgan discussed a forthcoming book project, prompting a great deal of discussion, and this was followed by a panel discussion with Hafsa Bobat, Charlotte Milner and Hina Robinson.
This was followed by a session chaired by Nicola Walshe which included:
- Alison Brown, who I first when teaching in Suffolk, and accompanied on a fieldtrip to the Olympic Park led by John Widdowson back in 2012. She was talking about geopoetics.
- David Alcock exploring hopeful geographies - something I've blogged about in the past.
After lunch, there were some further sessions on 'place'. Steve Brace shared a new report from the RGS-IBG exploring the students who take geography further in their studies.
Sharon Witt then led us on a walk together-apart.... a drift
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