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GeoCapabilities video presentations published – 2

Partners from GeoCapabilities 3 presented a session comprising 4 papers to introduce and describe the work being undertaken in the Erasmus Plus Key Action 2 project at the IGU-CGE (International Geographic Union: Commission on Geography Education) Conference which took place in August 2021 in Prague and online.  .

GeoCapabilities Phase 3 aims to explore how a GeoCapabilities approach can help young people to access powerful geographical knowledge.

It does so by focusing on the topic of migration, and supporting teachers to draw from the discipline of geography, their students’ needs and creative teaching strategies as they plan, teach and evaluate lessons.

This is the second set of video presentations from the conference.

Presentation: Teaching about migration using a GeoCapabilities approach: ‘vignettes’ as a way to connect with disciplinary knowledge”

Presentation: “Evaluating the GeoCapabilities approach to teaching about migration”

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Teacher Case Studies presented

GeoCapabilities has worked with associate teachers from the UK, Belgium, Czech Republic and the Netherlands. The activities and outcomes of the work of these teachers has been presented as a series of case studies.

Specifically the purpose was to develop a series of learning opportunities with innovative teaching ideas to trial the suitability of the GeoCapability approach with their school students. All the participating associate schools face various long-term challenging circumstances. These involve: location of the region (periphery), economy (higher levels of population poverty; structural changes – e.g., decline of industrial (textile, mining) areas etc.), and society and demography (changing demographics; migrant population; socio-economic deprivation etc.). Obviously, in most of the cases schools face a combination of these challenges.

Each of the project partners, together with his/her associate schools, carried out a case study consisting of planning, teaching and evaluation of lessons on migration to develop social justice. The GeoCapabilities approach was used in all phases.

View the GeoCapabilities 3 case studies

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What next for GeoCapabilities?

Members of the GeoCapabilities Project participated in the recent International Geographic Union Commission for Geographic Education (IGU-CGE) conference held in Prague and online.

Project partners participated in a panel discussion about what makes learning Geography powerful. The session also look at project sustainability and future perspectives for GeoCapabilities.

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GeoCapabilities video presentations published – 1

Partners from GeoCapabilities 3 presented a session comprising 4 papers to introduce and describe the work being undertaken in the Erasmus Plus Key Action 2 project at the IGU-CGE (International Geographic Union: Commission on Geography Education) Conference which took place in August 2021 in Prague and online.  .

GeoCapabilities Phase 3 aims to explore how a GeoCapabilities approach can help young people to access powerful geographical knowledge.

It does so by focusing on the topic of migration, and supporting teachers to draw from the discipline of geography, their students’ needs and creative teaching strategies as they plan, teach and evaluate lessons.

This is the first set of video presentations from the conference.

Presentation: “Teaching about migration: Exploring the potential of a GeoCapabilities approach in schools in Challenging circumstances”

Presentation: “Bridging the divide: teaching about migration and drawing on and drawing on academic geography to support the development of school geography curricula”

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Challenging geographies

 

The GeoCapabilities 3 project has addressed teaching about migration, a topic considered very challenging to address by the teachers associated with the project

As a subject Geography is deals with many topics that relate to challenging issues. The 1992 International Charter on Geographical Education advocates for the development by students of attitudes and values in their geographical education. Leading classroom discussions about these areas can be problematic.

find out more about Challenging Geographies

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GeoCapabilities 3 teacher toolkit published

The GeoCapabilities 3 project has published its teacher toolkit.

The toolkit targets geography teachers working in schools in challenging circumstances, supporting them in adopting a GeoCapabilities approach for social justice.

The presentation here provides an overview of the Teacher toolkit.

GeoCapabilities 3 Teacher Toolkit Overview

 

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Evaluating the GeoCapabilities approach to teaching about migration

Members of the GeoCapabilities Project participated in the recent International Geographic Union Commission for Geographic Education (IGU-CGE) conference held in Prague and online.

This presentation from the GeoCapabilities 3 project looks at evaluating the GeoCapabilities approach to teaching about migration. It presents the tools used and evaluates the outcomes of the project in the associate partner schools.

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A GeoCapabilities approach – the importance of academic Geography

Members of the GeoCapabilities Project participated in the recent International Geographic Union Commission for Geographic Education (IGU-CGE) conference held in Prague and online.

This presentation from the GeoCapabilities 3 project looks at how to make the teaching of Geography more powerful and meaningful to students. It examines access to and use of relevant and ‘new’ academic knowledge by teachers in the project.

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Reminder to register for the GeoCapabilities Webinar – September 14 2021. 18.00 CET

 

Reminder to register

On September 14th 18.00h CET, members of the GeoCapabilities 3 project will present an online webinar for teachers and educators on the activities and outcomes of the project.

GeoCapabilities 3 has developed tools to support teaching powerful geographical knowledge in more challenging school situations.

Register to participate in the event at https://forms.gle/MNCyiz8sy2DBnuUE6