Oxford Geography Teachers' Conference 2011

Over early to St. Edward's School, Oxford tomorrow with a boot full of books and other materials for the third successive Oxford Geography Teachers' Conference that I will have attended...

Will be running the GA stand at the event, and also tweeting some highlights from some of the sessions. Also a chance to meet up with several friends and colleagues, and do a bit of research for my major writing project coming up shortly...

Here's the running order and rough timings for you so that you can check in at the appropriate time...

Challenging Geography in a Changing World

ANNUAL OXFORD GEOGRAPHY TEACHER’S CONFERENCE
(Organised by the Oxford Branch of the Geographical Association and supported by the GA Independent Schools Special Interest Group)

AT ST EDWARD’S SCHOOL, OXFORD ON TUESDAY 15TH FEBRUARY 2011

10.00  Coffee on arrival

10.25 Introduction by Dr Garrett Nagle   President of the Oxford GA Branch

10.30 to 12.45 Challenging Geography in a Changing World
A series of 3 topical Lectures
Andrew Goudie, (Oxford University)   ‘Arid Landscapes’
Alasdair Pinkerton, (Royal Holloway) "Superpower geopolitics of the Cold War"      
David Thomas- Oxford University – ‘Climate Change’

12.45  to1.50
We will be having a selection of events going on over this time
There will be two 30 minute seminars in the Old Library on Changing Fieldwork. 
1.      12.45 to 1.15 John Widdowson – on Urban Regeneration and the Olympic site- fieldwork opportunities
2.      1.20 to 1.50 Dave Holmes and Nick Lapthorne – Challenging Fieldwork in a Changing World.
      3.      Also Peter Price, Rob Morris and Garrett Nagle will be available in the publishers area to answer questions on IB, Pre U and IGCSE .

Also during the hour there will be a Publishers Exhibition with a glass of wine and a chance to talk to Publishers and browse all the latest publications.

1.45 Lunch with Dr Tony Lemon as our special guest as we mark his retirement from Oxford University Geography Dept and the great support he has always given to our Conference

3pm- 4pm   ‘Lecture    Tony Lemon
 'Geography, Politics and Change in Southern Africa'
(Tony will draw out some lessons and reflections from the region to illustrate wider geographical themes - governing plural societies, democratic consolidation in postcolonial states, small / landlocked states, regional integration, Global North-South relations.) 

Looks like a great line-up as always...

Comments

Anonymous said…
Looks great - wish I could be there !