Events, Geography and Pedagogy - Social Studies Network

Four Theater Games that Make Learning a Blast

Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The premise is simple: One person narrates a series of events that are acted out by a small group of students as if they are the slides or photos. While the events can start as frozen pictures, you can expand the possibility to include short “video” clips. It builds their persuasive and personal writing skills as well.

Geography

Geography Social Studies Pedagogy Library

"What are we teaching? Powerful knowledge and a capabilities curriculum" - a review

Living Geography

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The latest book by geography teacher Richard Bustin was published by Crown House Publishing in October 2024. It embraces in how geography is understood and expressed in national school standards. The capabilities approach helps geography educators everywhere to articulate the importance of children learning how to think geographically.

Geography

Geography Teaching Pedagogy Library

Sustainability - teaching geography in a changed world

Living Geography

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Description of the event: This is an important time to be a geography teacher. And what can todays geography teachers, with powerful opportunities with the existing curriculum, do to prepare them? It was organised by the Oxford Education Deanery and shared on their website. Will they be ready?

Geography

Geography Teaching Humanities Education

Practical Pedagogies - tickets available - Early Bird rates end in June

Living Geography

MAY 21, 2024

The third running of the Practical Pedagogies conference will take place in November 2024. The first two events were rather great - one in Toulouse and one in Cologne. This event will take place in Cologne once again. The keynote speaker who will bookend the event is Hywel Roberts. He was awesome.

Pedagogy

Pedagogy Education

Practical Pedagogies 3 - a call for session proposals

Living Geography

JANUARY 12, 2024

One of the best events I've attended and presented at has been the Practical Pedagogies events that were held in 2016 and 2018. Russel Tarr is now organising a third running of the event and the call for sessions is now open. The first was held in Toulouse and the second was in Cologne.

Pedagogy

Pedagogy Education

Practical Pedagogies 2024 - Early Bird tickets available

Living Geography

MARCH 3, 2024

The third running of the Practical Pedagogies conference will take place in November 2024. The first two events were rather great - one in Toulouse and one in Cologne. This event will take place in Cologne once again. The keynote speaker who will bookend the event is Hywel Roberts. He was awesome.

Pedagogy

Pedagogy Education

The Intersection of Inquiry-Based Learning and High-Quality Instructional Materials in Social Studies

ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2024

Additionally, social studies encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including history, geography, civics and economics, each with its own set of disciplinary practices. Throughout her career, Swan has been interested in inquiry-based pedagogy, drawing from her experiences as a teacher. She then earned her Ph.D.

Social Studies

Social Studies Civics Pedagogy Geography

Webinar Series: Teaching the 2024 U.S. Election

Political Science Now

JULY 11, 2024

Event: Teaching the 2024 U.S. Election Webinar Series: Watch the Past Events National campaigns and elections allow citizens to reflect and participate in their democracy. Election Webinar Series showcases how political scientists understand and teach American democracy’s quadrennial event. Engaging the 2024 U.S.

Civic Engagement

Civic Engagement Teaching Civics Political Science

Geographical Association Conference 2024 – Some Reflections

Dr. Preece

APRIL 20, 2024

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.

Geography

Geography Professional Development Pedagogy Teaching

GTE Conference 2024 #3: Sunday

Living Geography

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

The Sunday of GTE Conference started promptly with a final lengthy session on Curriculum and Pedagogies. Nicola Warren-Lee led a session on the GA's Curriculum Framework for School Geography , and Sophie Wilson presented on a virtual fieldwork project completed with Maria Angeles-Rodriguez Domenech.

Geography

Geography Pedagogy History

Practical Pedagogies #8: the end

Living Geography

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Image: Me, Matt Podbury, Richard Allaway and David Rogers - part of a strong geography contingent at the event. The following day it was out to make our way home after a sunny wander along the Rhine. Some flew, but I took DBahn and then Eurostar back to London.

Pedagogy

Pedagogy Geography

Practical Pedagogies 2024 - #1 of several

Living Geography

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Practical Pedagogies 3 is taking place in Cologne at St. Given that, I'm quite pleased with the numbers of people who have opted to come to my session on the Friday morning - and also glad that I am on then, so can then relax a little and enjoy the rest of the event. I've been packing today for my next trip away.

Pedagogy

Practical Pedagogies #4: Cologne as palimpsest

Living Geography

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Met Russ the organiser again, and registered for the event. He did the same job at the previous event six years earlier, and set up the two days perfectly. Check out Russ's websites here.

Pedagogy

Pedagogy Teaching Education