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Geographical Association Conference 2024 – Some Reflections

Dr. Preece

It felt like there were some emerging themes across a number of sessions: the concepts of power, representation and ‘whose Geography’ have now firmly established themselves at the heart of the conference conversation. Clearly, there’s elements of both – a dialogue between Conference and the rest of the community and wider school geography.

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Out of poverty, into the middle class

The Hechinger Report

The jobs that once kept the city prosperous are being replaced by skilled jobs in service sectors such as health care, finance and information technology — positions that require more education than just a high-school diploma, thus squeezing out many of those blue-collar, traditionally middle-class workers. Higher Education.

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A Busy Teacher’s Guide to… New Climate Change Teaching Resources

Dr. Preece

You can access the hub here: [link] with guidance, and demos for those who want to incorporate some of this work in to teaching. Great resource for Departments, mentors, ITE/ECT providers to upskill teachers on climate change education – not just in Geography! They may also want to consolidate in other areas (e.g.

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Will Virtual Reality Lead More Families to Opt Out of Traditional Public Schools?

ED Surge

The school’s founder, Erika Donalds, hopes this cutting-edge technology can help spread an educational approach that is decidedly old-fashioned. She’s a champion of a model of education that favors students reading classical texts and otherwise focusing on the traditional canons of arts, literature and culture.

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Worldly Wednesday #16: Newsletters, Oak and Minecraft

Living Geography

After lunch, I had a Zoom meeting as part of an Education group on a project which will be coming out later in the year. I'm working on the Education pack, and all I can say about it is that it involves the students playing Minecraft. We had an impressive demo of the progress on the key resource. Check out our web page.