Geography Teacher Education Conference 2016
Friday 22 – Sunday 24 January
Bookings are now open for the GTE conference, 2016. The conference will take place in Manchester and will be held at the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel
Whilst the Geography Teacher Educators Group remains independent we are very grateful to the Geographical Association for their administrative support. The costs of the conference are as follows:
Price
Full weekend
Includes refreshments and meals on all three days and two nights bed and breakfast accommodation (Friday and Saturday) / £295
One night
Includes refreshments and meals on Friday and Saturday OR Saturday and Sunday and one night bed and breakfast accommodation (Friday OR Saturday) / £173
  • There are 4 retired discounts of £20 available for the full weekend - these will be issued on a first come first served basis.

Conference Contributions
We hope that the conference will attract a good number of delegates from across the primary, secondary phases as well as internationally. We welcome ALL contributions with a particular focus on teaching innovation, scholarship and research. Papers might include the areas of curriculum and curriculum reform, the knowledge curriculum, students' learning and assessment, social justice issues, the use of technology to enhance geographical learning, and the socio-political context of change and reform in education and the teaching profession.
Deadline for conference reservations and contributions is 30 November 2015

Please follow the instructions on the GA website to make your payment and then return the form below to

The hotel is allowing us to hold two conference rooms (one holds up to 25, the second up to 80) until the end of September 2015. We would appreciate emails before 24th September indicating that you are hoping to attend in order for us to book the appropriate sized room.

We are all really looking forward to see you in Manchester in 2016.

Best wishes

Sue Bermingham

Jo Baynham

Ben Steel

Penny

Conference Information and Contribution Form. Please provide all the information requested.

Name
Organisation
Contact email address
Contact telephone number
Your role/job
Reserve me a conference places for: [Please mark the appropriate line] / The full residential conference (Fri evening to Sunday lunchtime)
One night and day of the conference / Friday night
Saturday night
Saturday day only
Retired rate – full weekend only
Title of Contribution
Abstract(Description of contribution – max 150 words)
Focus of Contribution(e.g. primary, secondary, FE, HE, curriculum, student learning, assessment, research, other
Style of contribution(15 minute presentation plus 5 minutes questions; workshop – 30 minutes, poster presentation, extended presentation – timings to be decided dependent on programme but please request an amount of time you would prefer)
Equipment required(laptop, projector and screen will be provided)
Please indication if you would be willing to chair a session