GTE Conference2013

Hull

25th- 27th January 2013

Hallmark Hotel, North Ferriby

PROGRAMME

Friday 25 January
3.00 onwards / Check in
4.00 – 4.45 / Tea and Coffee
4.45 – 6.45 / Session 1
Chair: Justin Woolliscroft
4.45 - 5.00 / Justin Woolliscroft
University of Hull
Welcome and Introduction
5.00- 5.30 / Darren Bailey
Ordnance Survey, Southampton
‘Trainee teachers access to Digimap for Schools’
5.30 - 6.00 / Daniel Moncrieff
Field Studies Council, Rhyd-y-creuau
‘Supporting trainee teachers in the field’
6.00 – 6.30 / Alan Parkinson
Freelance Geographer
‘What happened next? Twelve things I did in 2012’
6.45 – 7.30 / Pre-dinner social/drinks –bar
7.30 – 9.00 / Dinner - restaurant
9.00 – 9.45 / ‘Storm-tossed Lady’
The Humber is one of the busiest and fastest-growing trading areas in Europe. Almost one quarter of the UK's seaborne trade passes through the Humber; this includes 25 per cent of the country's natural gas and 25 per cent of its refined petroleum products.
The Humber is said to be one of the most dangerous navigable rivers in the world. Over one fifth of the land area of England drains to the sea through its mouth. The tidal range of the Humber is one of the largest in the world; its spring tide amplitude of over 7m is exceeded in Britain only in the Bristol Channel.It is not surprising that even the most experienced of navigators can be caught out by its shifting sands and seven knot currents.
Sue Hickson-Marsay is the only female pilot launch coxswain in Britain responsible for taking the Humber pilots out to the ships that they are to guide in to port.She joins us to share her experiences...
9.45 / Bar
Saturday 26 January
8.00 – 9.00 / Breakfast - restaurant
9.30 – 10.45 / Session 2
Chair: Clare Brooks
9.30-10.00 / Andrea Tapsfield
Secretary of TESIG – Teacher Education Special Interest Group
‘TESIG mentoring publication – a discussion’
10.00-10.25 / David Mitchell
Institute of Education, University of London
‘What controls the geography curriculum?’
10.25-10.45 / Alex Standish
Institute of Education, University of London
‘Why a successful geography curriculum needs boundaries’
10.45 – 11.15 / Tea and Coffee
11.15 – 12.45 / Session 3
Chair: Jane Ferretti
11.15-11.35 / Eje Kim
Gyeongin National University of Education, South Korea
‘Liberating Pippi Longstocking through new geographical imaginations’
11.35-11.55 / Nicola Walshe
University of Cambridge
‘Exploring sustainability with English PGCE trainees: an example of cross-curricular collaboration’
11.55-12.25 / Chris Robinson, Sarah Wilks & Rob Parnaby
Peak District and North York Moors National Park Authorities
‘Why bother going all the way to a National Park?’
12.25-12.45 / Alan Kinder
Chief Executive - Geographical Association
Curriculum Update
12.45 / Lunch - restaurant
1.30 – 4.00 / Free time with optional activities
4.00 – 4.45 / Tea and Coffee
4.45 – 6.55 / Session 4
Chair: Graham Butt
4.45-6.15 / Graham ButtwithDavid Lambert, Clare Brooks and Mary Biddulph
Oxford Brookes University and members of GEReCo (Geography Education Research Collective)
‘Research responses to the new National Curriculum’
6.15-6.30 / Mark Jones / David Lambert
University of the West of England / Institute of Education, University of London
Launching ‘Debates in Geography Education’
7.30 / Dinner - restaurant
9.00 / Bar
Sunday 27 January
8.15 – 9.00 / Breakfast - Restaurant
9.30 – 11.00 / Session 5
Chair: Charles Rawding
09.30-09.55 / David Rayner
Institute of Education, University of London
‘Do you speak geography?’
09.55-10.20 / Clare Brooks
Institute of Education, University of London
‘Great British Tugs’
10.20-10.40 / Sue Bermingham
Manchester Metropolitan University
‘Classroom spaces and personal geographies’
10.40-11.00 / Jane Ferretti
University of Sheffield
‘Initial Teacher Education or Initial Teacher Training; what is the future for PGCE?’
11.00 – 11.30 / Tea and Coffee
11.30 – 1.00 / Session 6
Chair: Duncan Hawley
11.30-11.50 / Sue Bermingham / John Lyon
Manchester Metropolitan University/ Geographical Association
Paul Hamlyn Project
11.50-12.15 / Charles Rawding
Edge Hill University
‘Joining up the modules: the importance of holistic geographies’
12.15-12.45 / Sharon Witt and Steve Rawlinson
University of Winchester / University of Northumbria( recently retired)
‘Brecon: an unexpected journey’
12.45-1.00 / Plenary and closing discussion
1.00 / Lunch - Restaurant