Ashleigh's Education Journey

APRIL 25, 2013

Research projects have a bad wrap these days. I certainly remember completing my fair share of boring research projects, but it doesn’t have to be that way…not even close! In fact, my students have been begging me to assign a state or country research project. It is easy to get kids REALLY excited about geography.

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Living Geography

MARCH 19, 2025

The following text is from the DfE Press release accompanying the downloads. Curriculum and Assessment Review Lead, Professor Becky Francis CBE said: "I have learnt much from our data analysis and research, and from the fantastic response to our call for evidence. My emboldening and emphases.

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Dr. Preece

APRIL 20, 2024

But I thought I’d share some reflections and learning – and now that the session downloads are starting to come through, I’ve got time to explore some of the sessions I didn’t get to. Clearly, there’s elements of both – a dialogue between Conference and the rest of the community and wider school geography.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Importantly, these companies are pursuing equitable access to their products and content, regardless of identity, geography, race, religion, socioeconomic background, etc. Support for learning that is evidence-based, using the best available research for student learning. Identify and achieve your DEI goals.

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Living Geography

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The GA and RGS(IBG) were awarded funding for a joint initiative called the Action Plan for Geography (2006-2011) whose Young Peoples Geographies project involved CEO Ian as a participating academic [see the project website archive on the Wayback Machine here ].

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Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

A cross posting from my 'At the Home of Geography' blog. As you'd imagine, we are preparing to submit evidence and support the consultation for the new curriculum review to discuss what we hope to see in a future curriculum with respect to the geography entitlement and the nature of what is studied. Report is here.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Nobody can own spectrum, but they can get a license to use specific frequencies, which the FCC grants by geography. Every fall, students are shown how to download assignments from Blackboard before they leave school, so they can complete them offline at home and then upload them again the next day. That’s why, for example, 92.9

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ACRE

JUNE 27, 2023

It is the mission of the Delta Cultural Center to research, document, interpret and present the heritage of the people of the Arkansas Delta. Students can tour Fort Curtis & Battery Park and see how the natural geography of the Arkansas Delta influenced how battles could be fought there during the Civil War.

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Strange Maps

JULY 13, 2023

There is also a geographic component to their distribution, research suggests. It sounds like something cooked up after hours in the back alley between the geography and psychology departments. Research into the geographic distribution of the Big Five personality traits has also shown remarkable results for the UK.

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Living Geography

AUGUST 11, 2024

Over 2400 students (11-14 yrs) told us about their perspectives, understandings & aspirations for CCSE in this important survey @UCL_CCCSE @IOE_London [link] — Professor Nicola Walshe (@GeoWalshe) August 6, 2024 Download the 46 page document as a PDF (5 Mb) from the link above.

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Living Geography

JANUARY 14, 2024

Further research and publications will follow. I have downloaded the free eBooks. The suite of seven resources will show Windrush as just one, among many other chapters, of British post-WWII history. The resources include more than 500 pages of materials, and feature stories also of the lived experiences of Windrush passengers.

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Living Geography

JANUARY 22, 2025

Free to download and digest. Hot seas and warmer air fueled more destructive storms, including Hurricane Helene and Typhoon Gaemi. Individual attribution studies have shown how these storms have stronger winds and are dropping more rain. There is plenty of insight in this report. But not in a cheery way.

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Living Geography

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

4 (PDF download) Mercer said that teachers need to: "set up situations and challenges that encourage pupils to relate new knowlege to existing understanding and expectations in order to modify them" What data are suitable for intelligent guesswork? Alison Brown was next up and talked about her PhD research on agriculture.

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Living Geography

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Details of the project: The GEODEM-AI project aims to encourage a healthy, critical view of ethical issues related to the use of AI in Geography teaching and learning. You can see what we've done so far on this project page on the Eurogeo website. Otherwise you'll be forced to read MY ideas on the matter.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2025

Related: Our free weekly newsletter alerts you to what research says about schools and classrooms. Woodworth built his research career documenting the benefits of charter schools and is now a fellow at the Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank at Stanford University. Vital data collections have been canceled.

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