GeogPod

In this week's episode, John spoke to Rachel Kay about how to prepare your department for a deep dive visit from Ofsted.

Rachel is Head of Geography and Lead Practitioner at Yorkshire school as well as being a member of the GA's Secondary Phase Committee.

Rachel's articles in Teaching Geography:

'The deep dive geography experience: intent, implementation and impact' (2021)

'Mark my words' (2016)

This week John was joined by Professor Tamsin Mather from Oxford University. Tamsin is professor of Earth Sciences and her research centres around volcanoes and volcanic behaviour.

Thanks to Collins for sponsoring series 6 of GeogPod.

Links from the pod

Public Lecture: Volcanoes and past climate: adventures with deep carbon

Blog about Masaya and volcanic gases

Volcano watching: weapons of ash eruption

University of Oxford Earth Sciences undergraduate course

The Geological Society university pathway page

Teaching resources Tamsin helped create:

Your science out there - Oxford Sparks

Using your science to understand volcanic eruptions - Oxford Sparks

This week John was joined by Professor Johanna Waters from University College London and Dr Maggi Leung from Utrecht University to discuss examples of students travelling across borders for education.

The conversation focuses mainly on the China/Hong Kong border but also cited other examples of this phenomenon and various push and pull factors related to it.

Thanks to Collins for sponsoring series 6 of GeogPod.

Johanna and Maggi's Geography article with the photos mentioned in the pod

In this week's episode John spoke to Alistair Hamill, Geography teacher by day, astrophotographer by night.

Alistair talked about how to use GIS in the classroom and how Alistair used it to bring divided communities in Northern Ireland together. John and Alistair also talked about plate tectonics and Alistair's photography.

Thanks to Collins for sponsoring series 6 of GeogPod.

Links from the pod

Alistair's YouTube channel

ESRI User Conference - video about breaking down barrier in Lurgan, Northern Ireland

This week our GeogPod guest was the GA's very own Chief Executive, Alan Kinder. Alan spoke to John about his path to becoming the GA's Chief Executive as well his reflections on the Association's work and upcoming priorities.

Many thanks to Edquas for sponsoring season 5 of GeogPod.

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This week John spoke to Iain Freeland, Her Majesty's Inspector and National Lead for Geography. Iain talked us through his career path so far and some of things Ofsted are looking for in terms of ' good geography' with some key takeaways for teachers.

Many thanks to Edquas for sponsoring season 5 of GeogPod.

Links from the pod

Iain's article for Primary Geography entitled 'Empowering geography - a view from Ofsted'.

2019 Ofsted Inspection Framework

This week John spoke to Janine Maddison about virtual fieldwork, how it compares to 'traditional in field' fieldwork, how the two can be blended, and some quick wins for teachers to take away.

Janine is a researcher at Newcastle University and previously worked as a tutor for the Field Studies Council.

Many thanks to Edquas for sponsoring season 5 of GeogPod.

Links from the pod:

#fieldworklive- FSC and Encounter Edu

Fieldcasts from the Open University

ThingLink- creating virtual tours

Sharing practice- collated tweets under #fieldworkfix

Inclusivity in the Outdoors- Institute of Outdoor Learning

This week John spoke to Dr Margaret Byron, Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Leicester, about the different waves of migration from the Caribbean to the UK and the experiences of those communities.

Many thanks to Edquas for sponsoring season 5 of GeogPod.

This week John spoke to Paul Turner and John Huckle in a far-ranging episode which covered teaching critical school geography and what is it to be a radical school geographer.

Many thanks to Edquas for sponsoring season 5 of GeogPod.

Links from the pod

John's website, where his book Critical School Geography can be downloaded.

Paul's website where you can find some of his great teaching resources + more.

Dr Elizabeth Rushton of King's College London and two of her PGCE students, Charlotte Arulseelan & Darcy Beardmore-Crowther spoke to John about the challenges and opportunities of training to be a geography teacher during a pandemic.

Many thanks to Edquas for sponsoring season 5 of GeogPod.