Image by Alan Parkinson The GTE Conference was held at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Southport, and organised by Charles Rawding from Edge Hill University.
The conference started on the Friday afternoon - here are some notes from the Saturday sessions that I attended. As before, these are my notes, and any misrepresentations are entirely mine.
First session chaired by Mary Biddulph.
Children's Voices and Global School Partnerships
Discussion of images and descriptions of a place in Kenya / Mexico produced by primary age children. Nature of images perhaps influenced by Disney and other media. Also a confusion between far away and a long time ago.
Language of uncertainty: helping with the idea that ideas can change once new information comes along.
Effects of school partnership: perhaps reinforcing position of superiority, and the accuracy of
resources that were involved in the link.
Talked about ideas of sameness - difference.
The dominant group 'decides' what is the 'same' and what is 'different'.
Possible to have a lot of different 'selves' within, which may affect the way that we view differences.
With a school partnership, what is the
What are 'authentic' voices - who decides what is authentic ?
Teaching about otherness...
Recognition of dynamic nature of places, societies, cultures and the relationship between them and the frozen (colonial) narratives which persist.
Updates (10 minute slots)
Margaret Roberts
GTIP
Area of GA WEBSITE
Questionnaire on the Think Pieces & Bibiliography related to the articles. Also the GeogEd journal.
Reading a blog post by Terry Freedman on measuring the value of attending an event. Relates to BETT.
Clare Brooks
On GA Website: papers which are "works in progress", and have open reviews.
Graham Butt
Gereco
Geography Education Research Collective
John Lyon
GA Update
Reminder to GA members to vote on the Governing Body elections
Mel Norman
TEWG
Survey of PGCE Geography departments. 606 people on Geography PGCE courses this year. A healthy number, but still a lot of schools using non-specialist geographers.
Steve Rawlinson
Multiverse
Multiverse: exploring diversity and achievement - supported by the TDA
An ITE professional resource network.
Multiverse has been created to meet the challenge of raising the achivements of pupils from diverse backgrounds. It explores achievement in relation to:
- 'Race' and ethnicity
- Social class
- Religious diversity
- Bilingual and Mulilingual learners
- Refugees and Asylum seekers
- Travellers and Roma
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