The first blog containing resources and ideas will land next Monday (5th September)!
As a ‘trusted voice’ in the geography education community, the Geographical Association‘s Physical Geography Special Interest Group (PGSIG) are launching this new blog aimed at providing knowledge and discussions about physical geography as a subject and the pedagogies that can support teachers’ developing their confidence in the quality of the knowledge they teach and the teaching approaches they use in the classroom or through fieldwork.
After trying to launch last September we hit a few stubmling blocks but now we are ready to go, our aims are that the blog will:
- help bridge the gap between recent developments in academic and applied physical geography and classroom teachers
- provide subject knowledge updates for a range of topics identified as ‘tricky’ by geography teachers
- explore the powerful knowledge of physical geography topics
- suggest/explain/evaluate teaching methods that can be used to help teach complex physical geography concepts and/or skills within a classroom/field environment
- share quality resources that can be used/adapted for use in the classroom to aid the teaching of physical geography
- invite discussion and reflective evaluation on what makes physical geography a quality and worthwhile teaching/learning experience.
So…
Firstly, if you have any aspects of physical geography that you find ‘tricky’ or would like to explore a bit more please get in touch, either through Twitter or Facebook, or the contact page on this site.
Secondly, if you have any suggestions for the content of future posts or would like to write a guest piece for the blog (either explaining particular physical geography concepts or sharing something that has worked well for you and the students you teach) then equally, get in touch as we’d love to hear from you!
We also have an email address which is teachphysgeogblog@gmail.com so you can contact us there too.
We hope that in the coming academic year Geography teachers will find this a useful resource and feel more confident in your teaching of all things Physical Geography.
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