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GeogPod is the Geographical Association’s podcast. The views and opinions expressed in the GeogPod discussions are those of the interviewees and are not necessarily those held by the Geographical Association.
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Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
This week, John is joined by Dr Sylvia Knight, Head of Education at the Royal Meteorological Society. Their conversation centres on the COP26, climate change, the IPCC and some of the resources teachers can use in the classroom. For some of the resources mentioned, they are linked below:
https://www.metlink.org/weather-and-climate-teachers-guide/
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxfRaIHcilDcogQRTD1rzEmp5i_aed-K_
https://www.metlink.org/experiment/alternative-clouds-in-a-bottle/
https://www.metlink.org/fieldwork-resource/balloon-launch/
https://www.metlink.org/interactive-climate-change-explainers/
Series 8 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by Hodder Education.
Hodder Education work with expert authors to produce the very best Key Stage 3, GCSE and A-level Geography resources for you and your students, and on their website, you’ll discover exam board approved textbooks, revision guides, teaching support and more.
Saturday Dec 04, 2021
Saturday Dec 04, 2021
This week, John is joined by Dr Tim Daley, Association Professor of Physical Geography at School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at Plymouth University and Kate Stockings, Head of Geography at Hampstead School.
Their discussion centres on climate change and the climate crisis, touching on their work on a soon to be released Top Spec edition, the history of climate change in education and resources educators can use within the classroom.
Series 8 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by Hodder Education.
Hodder Education work with expert authors to produce the very best Key Stage 3, GCSE and A-level Geography resources for you and your students, and on their website, you’ll discover exam board approved textbooks, revision guides, teaching support and more.
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
In the second episode of Series 8 of GeogPod, John speaks to Shenona Mitra, who is a climate activist and vice-chair of the Youth Climate Ambassadors (YCA) Wales, to discuss climate change and what it feels like to be a youth activist and how young people can change the world of climate activism.
Series 8 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by Hodder Education.
Hodder Education work with expert authors to produce the very best Key Stage 3, GCSE and A-level Geography resources for you and your students, and on their website, you’ll discover exam board approved textbooks, revision guides, teaching support and more.
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
In the first episode of Series 8 of GeogPod, John speaks to Michila Critchley, Associate and Programme Coordinator for InterClimate Network, which is a registered charity with a mission to inspire young people in the UK to become leaders and advocates for action on climate change.
Series 8 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by Hodder Education.
Hodder Education work with expert authors to produce the very best Key Stage 3, GCSE and A-level Geography resources for you and your students, and on their website, you’ll discover exam board approved textbooks, revision guides, teaching support and more.
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
For the final episode of series 7 of GeogPod, John spoke to Kirstin Coughtrie, founder of Gaia Learning about the use of technology and AI in teaching, the advantages and challenges of home-schooling, and how Britannica's resources can help pin a home school programme to the specification.
Series 7 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by Britannica.
Take Britannica's LaunchPacks GCSE for a spin with history and geography lessons, built with Shireland Academy educators and mapped to UK curriculum needs. Within each KS3-4 topical pack, find a learning route, learning journey instructions, printable activities, and corresponding Britannica LaunchPacks articles and multimedia resources. 10% off for GeogPod listeners!
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
David Alcock, is a geography teacher, teaching and learning champion at Bradford Grammar school as well as a writer and presenter.
David joined John to discuss, among other things, his concept of 'Hopeful geography', which he has developed over a number years of work of and reflection.
Series 7 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by Britannica.
Take Britannica's LaunchPacks GCSE for a spin with history and geography lessons, built with Shireland Academy educators and mapped to UK curriculum needs. Within each KS3-4 topical pack, find a learning route, learning journey instructions, printable activities, and corresponding Britannica LaunchPacks articles and multimedia resources. 10% off for GeogPod listeners!
Links from the pod
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
This week John sat down with Caiti Walter to discuss her route into geography teaching and to explore her views and strategies when it comes to designing a geography curriculum (plus much more).
Series 7 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by Britannica.
Take Britannica's LaunchPacks GCSE for a spin with history and geography lessons, built with Shireland Academy educators and mapped to UK curriculum needs. Within each KS3-4 topical pack, find a learning route, learning journey instructions, printable activities, and corresponding Britannica LaunchPacks articles and multimedia resources. 10% off for GeogPod listeners!
Links from the pod
Thursday Sep 16, 2021
Thursday Sep 16, 2021
This week, John spoke to Dr Simon Carr. Simon is Associate Professor of Geography and the University of Cumbria, specialising in geomorphology and climate change.
Much ground was covered in the pod, including Simon's work in geomorphology, the Anthropocene, what constitutes a truly natural environment and the importance of getting out and seeing a landscape for yourself.
Series 7 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by Britannica.
Take Britannica's LaunchPacks GCSE for a spin with history and geography lessons, built with Shireland Academy educators and mapped to UK curriculum needs. Within each KS3-4 topical pack, find a learning route, learning journey instructions, printable activities, and corresponding Britannica LaunchPacks articles and multimedia resources. 10% off for GeogPod listeners!
Thursday Sep 09, 2021
Thursday Sep 09, 2021
This week John was joined by Dr Amber Murrey. Amber is an Associate Professor in Human Geography, Fellow and Tutor at Mansfield College, Oxford University.
John and Amber touched on many issues in their chat, including confronting the silence on racism in school geography, what an anti-racist curriculum could look like, the Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline and witchcraft!
Series 7 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by Britannica.
Take Britannica's LaunchPacks GCSE for a spin with history and geography lessons, built with Shireland Academy educators and mapped to UK curriculum needs. Within each KS3-4 topical pack, find a learning route, learning journey instructions, printable activities, and corresponding Britannica LaunchPacks articles and multimedia resources. 10% off for GeogPod listeners!
Links from the pod
Amber's article in Geography with Steve Puttick
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Ben Hennig is Professor of Geography at the University of Iceland, an honorary research associate at the University of Oxford and also the founder of Worldmapper.
Ben sat down with John to talk about his career to date, his work at the University of Iceland, the origins of the Worldmapper project, Trump tweets and much more.
Series 7 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by Britannica.
Take Britannica's LaunchPacks GCSE for a spin with history and geography lessons, built with Shireland Academy educators and mapped to UK curriculum needs. Within each KS3-4 topical pack, find a learning route, learning journey instructions, printable activities, and corresponding Britannica LaunchPacks articles and multimedia resources. 10% off for GeogPod listeners!
Links from the pod
GeoVis Lab Iceland (research group)
Re-Enlightening Views of the World (4-minute ‘lightning talk’ about Ben's work)
Selected readings mentioned in the podcast
Overview of Ben's main academic publications on GoogleScholar
Sheffield – A Tale of Two Cities (by the Sheffield Sasi Research Group)
COVID-19’s Spread Across the World (access by request)
In Focus: How Joe Biden Won the White House (access by request)
In Focus: Trump Tweets: Power and the Global Politics of Social Media (access by request)
In Focus: Nationality, Citizenship and Refugees: A Global Perspective (access by request)
Spatial and temporal inequalities in mortality in the USA, 1968–2016 (open access)