Hi
As I am completely ignorant about this issue I was wondering if there
was a formal continuing professional development programme for geography
teachers in schools. Do school teachers reconnect with academic
geography regularly or is it an informal practice? If they don't maybe
this could be key..helping teachers make geography 'public'.
Steve
PS Just reading Johnston's new piece on TIBG. Relevant for this debate I
think!
Andrew Lee wrote:
> I spoke, some time ago to David Lambert, CEO of the Geographical
> Association, who expressed the need to make geography compelling at GCSE
> level. Sadly, however, whilst many children can be 'turned on' to
> geography at this stage, many can also be turned off it in primary and
> prep school where it can also, sometimes, be poorly taught. Good
> material, both written and in terms of television broadcasts, under the
> rubric of geography, are needed to lift the profile of the discipline.
> Of course there are some good examples available, but we could do with
> more. It is not the time to look down the nose at colleagues appealing
> to the popular market, but rather to share our enthusiasm for our
> discipline.
>
> =============================
> Dr Andrew Lee FRGS
> Head of Geography
>
> Westminster Under School
> Adrian House
> Vincent Square
> London SW1P 2NN
>
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