Members of the GeoCapabilities project will hold two sessions at the IGU-CGE Conference, Making Connections, Cooperation and Networking in geographical education, to be held in Prague and online on Wednesday August 13th 2021
Paper session: GeoCapabilities 3: GeoCapabilities for social justice
Session Chair: Mary Biddulph
Using a social justice framework to consider the application of a GeoCapabilities approach in secondary schools serving young people in less privileged social and economic communities Mary Biddulph
Bridging the divide: teaching about migration and drawing on academic geography to support the development of the school geography curricula. Tine Béneker
Teaching about migration using a GeoCapabilities approach – ‘vignettes’ as a way for teachers to connect with disciplinary knowledge Caroline Leininger and Luc Zwartjes
Evaluating the GeoCapabilities approach to teaching about migration David Mitchell and Martin Hanus
Panel discussion: What makes learning geography ‘powerful’? A discussion of the importance of understanding student context
Session Chair: Michael Solem
Powerful geographical knowledge in practice and with attention to social justice –findings and implications of the Geocapabilties 3 project David Mitchell, Tine Béneker, Mary Biddulph, Martin Hanus, Caroline Leininger, Luc Zwartjes, Karl Donert
Exploring the use and potential of student aspirations data for making inclusive instructional decisions in geography Thomas B. Larsen, Michael N. Solem, Richard G. Boehm