Geography Programme of Events

Day One: Monday 28th June

 

0900 – 1030 

Registration

1030 – 1050

Course Welcome by Course Director  

1050 – 1150

Pupil Panel Discussion

1150 – 1205 

Break 

1205 – 1245

Keynote Address: Prof Danny Dorling

1245 – 1345

Lunch in Teacher Leader Groups

1345 – 1400

Stephen Miles: Schools Programme Overview

1400 – 1500 

Group Workshop: Why and how do we teach Geography?

1500 – 1600

 

1600 – 1630

Lecture: Professor Bill McGuire: Catastrophes to come, Super Volcanoes, Mega Earthquakes and Tsunamis

Break

1630 – 1730

Group Workshop: Sharing good practice and current issues in geographical teaching

 
 

1730 – 1830

Seminar

Prof Robert Allison: Applying for University Geography

1830 – 1930

Break

1930 – 2200

Dinner

After Dinner Talk by Jake Meyer

Day Two: Tuesday 29th June 

 

0900 – 1000 

Lecture: Prof Hazel Barrett: Development in Sub saharan/Southern Africa

1000 – 1100 

Lecture: Prof Robert Allison: Teaching Physical Geography in Four Diagrams

1100 – 1130

Break

1130 – 1230 

Group Workshop: Geography for All: Making Geography engaging for students of all abilities

1230 – 1300

Lunch

1300 – 1600

Visit to the British Antarctic Survey

1600 – 1630

Break

 
 

1630 – 1800

Group Workshop: Teaching about Climate Change

1800 – 1930 

Break

1930 – 2200

Dinner

After Dinner Talk by Michael Wood

Day Three: Wednesday 30th June

 

0900 – 1000

Lecture: Prof David Lambert: Learning to be human: why school Geography matters

1000 – 1100

Lecture: Prof Bill Adams: Surviving the Anthropocene: sustainability and the future of humankind

 
 

1100 – 1130

Break

1130 – 1230

Group Workshop: Developing Departments

1230 – 1330

Lunch

1330 – 1530

Reports on key themes

Plenary discussion with Panel of Educationalists

 

1530 – 1545 

Evaluation Forms 

1545

Attendance Certificates and Depart