GEReCo UK IGU-CGE

Geography Education Research Collective / UK Commission on Geographical Education of the International Geographical Union

Category: Annual Seminar

  • Teaching and Learning about the Anthropocene

    Watch the recording of the GEReCo / UK IGU-CGE open forum that was held online on 21st June 2022.

    This GEReCo open forum engaged with the concept of the Anthropocene and considered ways in which it might be applied in school geography. Noel Castree summarised the scientific origins and evolution of the concept (Revkin, 2016), and then identify key themes and implications for geographers. The presentation raised questions about what is taught in school geography and how.

    Cyrus Nayeri and Hina Robinson then responded by considering how engagement with environmental issues can emerge in the school classroom and some practical steps teachers can take, including ways to use art and student voice. The event finished with a Q&A with the three panellists.

    Noel Castree is Professor of Society & Environment at the University of Technology Sydney (Australia) and Professor of Geography at Manchester University.

    Cyrus Nayeri is Head of Geography at Dulwich College and Course Director (acting) for the Geography PGCE course at King’s College London.

    Hina Robinson is a geography teacher and Diversity lead at Southend High School for Girls. She is also a member of the Geographical Association governing body and joint chair of its diversity and inclusion working group.

    GEReCo Summer Webinar 2022

    References

    Revkin, A. (2016) ‘An Anthropocene journey’, Anthropocene Magazine, Issue 1.

    Nayeri, C. (2021) Teaching geography in the Anthropocene, Teaching Geography, 46(2), 50-52.

  • Anti-racist Learning and Teaching in School Geography?

    Watch the recording of the GEReCo / UK IGU-CGE open forum that was held online on 6th November 2021.

    This GEReCo open forum engaged with academic geographers’ work on anti-racism and started to think through the ways in which it might be applied in school geography. Anti-racist learning and teaching in British Geography (Esson and Last, 2020) examines how learning and teaching in UK Higher Education has functioned to reinforce racism, but also has the potential to counteract it. The three panelists facilitated a discussion about the ways in which anti-racist learning and teaching might be realised in school geography.

    Dr James Esson, Reader in Human Geography, Loughborough University

    Dr Angela Last, Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Leicester

    Iram Sammar, former school geography teacher, MPhil/PhD student UCL Institute of Education

  • Progress in Geography?

    Watch the recording of the GEReCo / UK IGU-CGE annual seminar that was held online on 30th June 2021 .

    About this event

    In dialogue with members of the editorial boards from leading journals, including Progress in Physical Geography and Progress in Human Geography, and Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, this seminar critically explored ideas about progress in geography.

    Karen Anderson, Associate Professor in Remote Sensing, University of Exeter; Associate Editor, Progress in Physical Geography

    Tariq Jazeel, Professor of Human Geography, University College London; Editor, Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

    Nina Laurie, Professor of Human Geography, University of St Andrews; Editor, Progress in Human Geography