GeogPod

This week John spoke to  Kit Rackley about why climate change is a safeguarding issue, eco-anxiety, how to navigate the politics of climate change, and teaching students to think critically about the climate. Kit Rackley is a former geography teacher turned activist, consultant, author, blogger and most recently higher education champion. Take a look at more of Kit's work via the links below. Link...

In this episode John spoke to GIS advocate and enthusiast Joseph Kerski. They discussed what GIS is, explored terms such as 'geospatial thinking' and 'the geographic perspective', as well as detailing a host of free GIS tools teachers can use in their lessons today. Joseph Kerski is a geographer with a focus on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in education. Joseph gave a TED Talk on...

Kate Stockings is head of geography at a London school as well as being an active blogger and sharer of ideas on Twitter. Kate joined John on the pod to discuss geographical literacy - teaching students how to speak and write like a geographer.  Series 3 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by Oxford University Press. Links mentioned in the pod:  1. Card sort activity at 6th form   2. Speaking Like A Ge...

Mark Maslin is a professor of climatology at University College London Mark and John discussed dealing with climate change deniers, how climate change relates to human evolution and migration, and reasons for optimism in the fight against the climate crisis.  Mark's new book,  How To Save Our Planet: The Facts  is available to preorder now. Read Mark's article for The Conversation, 'The five corru...

This week, John had a far-reaching discussion with Dr Patricia Noxolo , Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at Birmingham University. John and Patricia covered a lot of ground in the pod, talking about Patricia's work on dance and laughter in post-colonial Caribbean spaces as well as her role on the RGS-IBG's Race, Culture and Equality Working Group. They finished up by tackling the question, 'what...

In this week's episode, John spoke to Tom Highnett , a geography teacher now Assistant Principal and Director of Post-16 at a South Yorkshire school. Tom spoke about the challenges of senior leadership, curriculum planning, progression as well as some thornier issues such as future of GCSEs, how to teach divisive topical issues and, of course, Covid-19. Series 3 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by O...

In this episode John was joined by Dr Agatha Herman , Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at Cardiff University, specialising in the geography of ethics and justice. Agatha talked about her work in South Africa, empowerment, wine, food security and Fairtrade. Agatha is the author of Practising Empowerment in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Wine, Ethics and Development .  Series 3 of GeogPod is kindly...

This week, John spoke to Tony Champion , Emeritus Professor of Population Geography at Newcastle University about urbanisation, counter urbanisation, migration trends and demographic change (as well as touching on, inevitably, Brexit and Covid-19). Series 3 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by Oxford University Press. 

This week, John spoke to Brad Frankel from Flooglebinder about the company's history and his views on sustainable tourism and also to Fearghal O'Nuallain, once dubbed the 'UK's coolest teacher' about his journey to becoming a geography teacher and his new book The Kindness of Strangers .  Links mentioned in the podcast: The GA Study Tour for Nicaragua The Non-Human Interest Story: De-Personalising...

In this episode John had a very insightful conversation with Hina Robinson, a secondary geography teacher and Tariq Jazeel, Professor of Geography at UCL, about defining and decolonising geography.  Why not check out Hina's excellent blog post on how she teaches the development gap, or  download the materials from Tariq's eConference session , "The world is sound: geographies of British-Asian danc...

This week, John spoke to Simran Jouhal who is head of Geography in a north London school and the founder of the fantastic Geographia blog. Simran talked about how she ended up becoming a geographer teacher, the challenges of leading a department, and also the issues around diversity within geography.  Simran will also be one of the presenters at the GA's upcoming CPD event 'Heads of geography eCon...

This week, John spoke to Dr Fiona Ferbrache, Lecturer in Geography at University of Oxford about her work in citizenship, migration and Brexit.   Many thanks to our sponsor, Flooglebinder .

This week, John spoke to Dr Bethan Davies, Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography at Royal Hollaway University of London about her work in glaciation and climate change.  You can visit Bethan's brilliant Antarctic Glaciers website here . You may also be interested in taking a look at the BritIce Glacial Map which was mentioned in the pod.  Many thanks to our sponsor, Flooglebinder .

Welcome to Series 2 of GeogPod! This week, John spoke to Stephen Legg, Professor of Historical Geography at Nottingham University. Stephen discussed his work on globalisation, internationalism and colonial India. Many thanks to our sponsor, Flooglebinder . Some links to websites mentioned in the podcast. Stephen's article for Geography. Conferencing the international. The website focused on the Ro...

This week, John spoke to Chris King, Emeritus Professer of Earth Science Education at Keele University, plate tectonics, geology, and generally his life and career in education.  Take a look at the Earth Learning Idea website for a huge archive of earth-related teaching ideas and activities. 

Mary Gearey is a human geographer and Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural Geography at Brighton University. In this episode, John asks Mary about her new book, " English Wetlands: Spaces of Nature, Culture, Imagination ", as well as how Covid-19 might impact our attitudes to outdoor spaces among other things.  John and Mary also mentioned the website WetlandLIFE which you can find here .

Another episode where we look back at one of the sessions from this year's GA eConference. This time we bring you the audio from Katy Salter's session from the GCSE pathway which focused on using assessment data and evidence-based strategies to boost attainment in key stage 4. You can download the PowerPoint from Katy's session here in case you want to follow along (but it will still make perfect...

This special episode of GeogPod takes the audio from a panel discussion held over Zoom during the GA's recent eConference. GA President Gill Miller was the chair as the four panelists discussed how to continue geography education during the current challenging circumstances.  For support in teaching geography in the home, why not check out the GA's new ' Geography from home ' web section? 

In episode 4 of GeogPod, John spoke to Dr Daniel Hammett , a Senior Lecturer at Sheffield University, about development and geopolitics in sub-Saharan Africa and questions of the representation and perception of developing countries. 

In this week's GeogPod, John spoke to  Professor Peter Jackson about food security, the origins of the food we eat, and whether the UK could ever be self-sufficient in terms of its food production. In the pod, Peter mentioned the Desert Garden project. You can find out more about the project and donate to the appeal here . 

Margaret Roberts was responsible for the PGCE course at Sheffield University for almost 20 years, is a former GA president (2008-2009), the author of the influential publications Geography Through Enquiry and Learning Through Enquiry, and a former editor of the Teaching Geography journal. In this episode, Margaret takes us on a fascinating journey through her career in geography education to date.

In this episode, John spoke to James Pollard, a PhD Candidate at the Department of Geography at Jesus College, Cambridge, about the article he wrote for Geography on climate change and coastal policy. For reference, you can read James'  journal article here  for free. 

The very first episode of GeogPod! Our host John Lyon is joined by the GA's Curriculum and Marketing Manager, Rebecca Kitchen, to discuss the Critical thinking for achievement project.