Catherine Owen
@GeogMum
Head of Geog & Soc at TKASA & Jack and Megan's Mum. She/her. I chair the GAISIG, am a CGeog and run courses and write for the GA, OUP & Hodder.
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Wow! We had more than one hundred students revising 'Global systems' live with us last night, for AQA A-Level. If you want to grab the slides for this session presented by Suzanne Thorne and Catherine Owen they are available here tutor2u.net/live/aqa-geogr…
Great to present on the Global System & Global Governance topic with Suzanne Thorne for tutor2u Geography today. Such a fascinating topic!
Back for 2024! ‘ #Fieldwork for Everyone’ festival June 2024. Main focus 3-15 June.
Resources on web incl ppt to get you started + cert to download for teachers & pupils. #geographyteacher
Wherever in the world you are, let Geographical Association know what you do. 🙏
geography.org.uk/national-field…
Have your students taken part in the National Festival of Fieldwork?
Are they planning to?
Download a certificate to give out to individual students or to your school or a particular class!
Click the link to download: geography.org.uk/national-field…
#fieldwork #geographyteacher
TKASA geographers are excited about the Festival of Fieldwork in June. Our year 10 students will be heading to Lyme Regis & our year 12 students have just been out & about in our local area. Also planning yr 7 fieldwork to Watchet. Now to think about on-site opportunities Geographical Association
The Island Geographer Geographical Association Catherine Owen Dr Becky Kitchen
GlosGeog, our local GA branch, is organising a Secondary Teach Meet on 05.06.2024, taking the theme of 'Geography for Everyone'. Falls within National Festival of Fieldwork. Anyone fancy promoting and presenting virtually/in situ?
How is your planning for the Geographical Association Festival of Fieldwork in June going? Take a look at geography.org.uk/national-field… for info & resources. There is a certificate to download for teachers/schools that participate.
Catherine Owen Dr Emma Rawlings Smith David Preece Alistair Hamill Mary Myatt You did ask, so don't blame me - a bit of a thread coming up. I was comparing the 2 docs - GA and QAA side by side. Both were bland and predictable. Like expecting a really good trifle and ending up with blancmange. For the GA, sections 1 and 2 were just basic waffle. I note...
Been having a play with Diffit. Used it to create homework for Y7 geographers based on an article. It simplified text to an appropriate reading-age and comprehension questions were AI generated. It even formatted the sheet for me! Took all of 5 mins. #edutwitter
I am looking for bullet points about what you think ‘quality’ geography teaching looks like in your classroom. Please rt #geographyteacher
'Women don't want to be attacked by men or bears but if I was attacked by a bear, people would believe me, and no one would ask me what I was wearing.' #domesticabuse #domesticviolence #coercivecontrol #kaydenslaw #bearattack #SharkAttack