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GeoCapabilities Newsletter 3

Welcome to the thirdGeoCapabilities 2projectnewsletter. In thisissueyou can find out howtwoschools (in Greece and Finland) are responding to being part of the GeoCapabilitiesproject. Wealsoofferyou information about the forthcomingGeoCapabilitiesactivitiesat the AAG conference in San Francisco and an opportunity to participate in a GeoCapabilities workshop and session at the EUROGEO Conference in Malaga in September, whereyou canshare yourideas and research.

GeoCapabilities @ Doukas School

Ourschool partner from Greececonsiders the curriculum challenges for themresulting from the GeoCapabilities 2 project. Specificallytheycomment on how a Future 3 curriculum affects the learning and teachingprocesses in theirclassrooms..... Read more

GeoCapabilities @ ViikkiSchool

Greetings from a Finnishschool partner, asteacherswe arediscussingwhygeographyteachingmatters and how to engagestudents with geographicalknowledge.Wealso are nowwritingourschool’s new curriculum (based on the new national curriculum). The GeoCapabilitiesprojecthasofferedus a theoretical background whichwe can use to reflect on ourthoughts...... Read more

GeoCapabilities @ AAG 2016

The GeoCapabilitiesprojectis sponsoring a full day of sessions at the 2016 AAG Annual Meeting in San Francisco on Thursday, March 31. Thereis a workshop for highereducation and threepaper sessions onthe theme of “AppreciatingGeographyasPowerfulDisciplinary Knowledge in Schools”...... Read more

GeoCapabilities @ EUROGEO 2016

You are invited to submitpapers to the GeoCapabilities session at the EuropeanAssociation of GeographersAnnual Meeting 2016. The eventwill take place in Malaga, Spain on September 29-30 2016. Therewill be a GeoCapabilities workshop whichwillhighlight the all new website (to be launched in summer 2016) and especially the training materialsitwillcontain ..Read more


The diagram shows the keyquestionsweneed to ask. We start from the outeredge and movetowards the centre.
Ifyouwant to find out more, visit the GeoCapabilities Web site, explore the videos and resourcesthere.
Course materials are comingsoon

PublishedResearch
Based on the work of the project, the paper "Achieving Human PotentialThroughGeographyEducation: A CapabilitiesApproach to Curriculum Making in Schools" hasbeenpublished in the Annals of the Association of American Geographers. Itisavailable for download here.

GeoCapabilities Project Reports

The GeoCapabilities Project hascompleted a number of reports associated withGeoCapabilities. These can be downloaded in pdf format from the project Web site. These reports include:
  • Defining the CapabilitiesApproach and Curriculum Making
  • A literaturereview on teacher training and the status of geographyeducation in Europeancountries
  • A small-scale surveyamongteachers and teachereducators in participatingcountries
  • Case studies on innovations in teachereducation and training

GeoCapabilities 2 Web Site

The projectisnowevolving from itsresearchphase to the development of training materials and resources. Theproject websitecommunicates the mainideas and principlesunderpinningGeoCapabilitiesaswellaslatest news and publications. Have a look. Sendusyourcomments.


Some otherlinks
Free Frozen Oceans teachingresources
Story map:Top and bottom of the world
Pictures to inspireus: What an amazing world we live in
Map: The idealdistribution of refugees in Europe
How do youassess:thinkinglike a geographer?
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